benami

English

Etymology

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

Noun

benami (countable and uncountable, plural benamis)

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

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