| 单词 | arm's-length |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarm's-length arm's-length adj. Conducted or agreed by independent parties not able to coerce or control each other; characterized by distance, independence, or impartiality. ΚΠ 1920 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 28 241 A process of arm's-length bargaining. 1947 Tax Court Memorandum Decisions 5 271/1 It was not an arms-length contract. 1962 Economist 8 Dec. 1040/1 Some [companies]..are nowadays also ‘arm's length buyers’ of imported crude. 1979 Time 12 Nov. 98/3 The arms-length relationship between the private sector and the Government..has been more myth than reality. 1987 M. Heseltine Where there's a Will iii. 67 Government must be convincing in its use of its new arm's length regulatory powers. 1991 Economist Oct. 93/1 At the heart of the problem is the ‘arm's-length’ nature of venture-capitalist funding. 2014 Real Estate Taxation 42 No. 1 26/2 If there are any transactions between the companies..they must be on an arm's-length basis. < as lemmas |
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