benami
Meanings
noun
- Property that is transacted under the name of a proxy to conceal the identity of the buyer.
- A person owning such property.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani بے نامی (be nāmī) / बेनामी (benāmī, “nameless”), defined in the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act of 1988.
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