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Definition: Safe Harbor |
Safe HarborNoun1. The target company defends itself by acquiring a company so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive (gives it a safe harbor). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Safe Harbor (1999) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995 and similar local laws. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
safe harbor | 139 |
safe harbor 401k | 30 |
safe harbor plan | 5 |
safe harbor 401k plan | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "safe harbor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | veilige haven (safe harbour). (various references) | |
French | sphère de sécurité (safe harbour), base sécurisée (safe harbour). (various references) | |
German | "Safe Harbour". (various references) | |
Italian | "safe harbour". (various references) | |
Pig Latin | afesay arborhay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-f-h-o-r-r-s" | |
-2 letters: forbears. | |
-3 letters: arbores, arrobas, brasher, forbear, harbors, hoarser, rasbora. | |
-4 letters: abaser, abhors, afresh, ahorse, arbors, arroba, ashore, barres, basher, boheas, borers, farers, harbor, hoarse, obeahs, rasher, rebars, rehabs, resorb, sharer, shofar, soarer. | |
-5 letters: abase, abash, abhor, afars, afore, arbor, areas, arose, arras, barer, bares, barfs, barre, baser, bears, boars, bohea, boras, borer, bores, braes, brash, brose, farer, fares, faros, fears, forbs, fores, fresh, froes, frore, frosh, haafs, haars, hares, hears, herbs, heros, hoars, hoers, horas, horse, obeah, rares, raser, rears, rebar, rehab, rheas, roars, robes, saber, sabra, sabre, safer, share, sheaf, shear, shoer, shore, sober, sofar, sorer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 66 65 48 61 72 62 6F 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01100110 01100101 00100000 01001000 01100001 01110010 01100010 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a f e   H a r b o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0066 0065 0048 0061 0072 0062 006F 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536772712426784688184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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