Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - loophole
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Loophole
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I. noun Etymology: 1loop Date: 1591 1. a. a small opening through which small arms may be fired b. a similar opening to admit light and air or to permit observation 2. a means of escape; especially an ambiguity or omission in the text through which the intent of a statute, contract, or obligation may be evaded II. transitive verb Date: 1664 to make ~s in ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a means of evading a rule etc. without infringing the letter of it. 2 a narrow vertical slit in a wall for shooting or looking through or to admit light or air. --v.tr. make loopholes in (a wall etc.). Etymology: ME loop in the same sense + HOLE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. бойница; амбразура 2. лазейка; увертка to find a loophole in the law —- найти лазейку, чтобы обойти закон 3. устраивать бойницы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
~ n a small mistake in a law that makes it possible to avoid doing something that the law is supposed to make you do (tax loopholes) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
5.
- 1464, from M.E. loupe "opening in a wall," perhaps related to M.Du. lupen "to watch, peer." Figurative sense is from 1663. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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