See Also: disillusion(1)(dictionary)
disillusion(2)(dictionary)
disillusion(dictionary)
Loophole(money)
Loophole(finance)
loophole(dictionary)
loophole(dictionary)

disillusion(2) (iou) and loophole (oh)


disillusion(2) (iou)



disillusion verb trans. M19.
[from the noun.]
Deprive of belief in an illusion or ideal; disenchant, undeceive.
C. S. Forester Randall could not believe in victory: he had been disillusioned too often.
disillusioner,
disillusionist nouns L19.
disillusionment noun the action or an act of disillusioning; the state of being disillusioned; (a) disenchantment: M19.

loophole (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: loop 'hole in a wall for shooting through' (14-19 centuries) + hole]
a small mistake in a law that makes it possible to avoid doing something that the law is supposed to make you do
legal/tax loophole
loophole in
::a loophole in the law