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Business Dictionary :
Avoid, Avoidance, Avoirdupois and Await
Avoid, Avoidance, Avoirdupois and Await
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Avoid : verb : to try not to do something
• The company is trying to avoid bankruptcy.
• My aim is to avoid paying too much tax.
• We want to avoid direct competition with Smith Ltd.
NOTE : You avoid something or avoid doing something.
Avoidance : noun : trying not to do something
• Avoidance of an agreement or of a contract
• Tax avoidance = trying (legally) to pay as little tax as possible
NOTE : no plural
Avoirdupois : noun : old system of weights used in Britain, shown in pounds, ounces, etc.
• One ounce avoirdupois
Await : verb : to wait for
• We are awaiting the decision of the phoning department.
• They are awaiting a decision of the court.
• The agent is awaiting our instructions.