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safe har·bor

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. safe harbornoun

    the target company defends itself by acquiring a company so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive

    "the acquisition gave the company a safe harbor"

Wiktionary

  1. safe harbornoun

    A safe haven.

  2. safe harbornoun

    A statutory, regulatory, or contractual provision that provides protection, usually from a penalty or liability.

Wikipedia

  1. Safe harbor

    A safe harbor or harbour is literally a "place of shelter and safety, esp. for ships". It is used in many contexts:

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  1. safe harbor

    Safe harbor refers to a legal provision that offers protection or exemption from liability or penalty under certain situations, conditions, or circumstances. It usually shields individuals or entities from legal trouble, as long as they act in good faith following predetermined guidelines. The term is used most often in law, finance, and business.

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  1. safe harbor

    Read the full text of the Safe Harbor poem by Kurt Philip Behm on the Poetry.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of safe harbor in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of safe harbor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of safe harbor in a Sentence

  1. Scott Kennedy:

    If [ Hong Kong is ] a regional hub for you, or you're there specifically because of the safe harbor it provides due to rule of law... it's a challenge for you, i wouldn't be surprised If every single [ Scott Kennedy company in Hong Kong ] is considering their options about location, and the same for all of their employees.

  2. Amy Klobuchar:

    To criminally prosecute a child not old enough to go to the school prom makes no sense, you get much more cooperation from a victim if you give them a safe harbor, a place to live, job training, an education.

  3. Mitch McConnell:

    Our legislation is going to create a legal safe harbor for businesses, nonprofits, governments and workers and schools who are following public health guidelines.

  4. Taro Aso:

    I told my counterparts that Japan is very concerned about the 'safe harbor' proposal, it would extremely diminish the regulatory effect of what we're trying to do. That is a view expressed by various countries.

  5. Steven Mnuchin:

    It's not an optional tax, you pay the safe harbor as opposed to paying something else. People may pay a little bit more in a safe harbor knowing they have tax certainty.


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