See Also: Tight money or dear money(finance)
top-shell(medicine)
ear-shell(medicine)
Shell(medicine)
fig-shell(medicine)
shell(1)(dictionary)
shell(2)(dictionary)
K shell(medicine)
shell(encyclopedia)
ark shell(medicine)

Shell Company (money) and fay(5) (iou)


Shell Company (money)


Definition: Company which exists only on paper and does not apparently trade or operate.







fay(5) (iou)



fay verb1.

verb trans. Fit, adapt, or join (lit. & fig.); put together; fix in position. OE-ME.
verb intrans. Suit, do, go on favourably, succeed. obsolete exc. dial. ME.
a. verb trans. Fit (a piece of timber) closely and accurately to (another). M18.
b. verb intrans. Of a piece of timber: fit closely to another, so as to leave no intervening space. M18.
verb intrans. Fit in, fit. US. M19.