benami

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Property that is transacted under the name of a proxy to conceal the identity of the buyer.
  2. A person owning such property.

Word forms

benami benamis

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani بے نامی (be nāmī) / बेनामी (benāmī, “nameless”), defined in the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act of 1988.

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