Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - loophole
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Loophole
loophole
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
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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
2.
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
3.
(loopholes) A loophole in the law is a small mistake which allows people to do something that would otherwise be illegal. It is estimated that 60,000 shops open every Sunday and trade by exploiting some loophole in the law to avoid prosecution. N-COUNT: oft N in n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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