Phrase guide

tax haven

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A jurisdiction that levies low tax rates on certain economic activities, especially to attract wealthy individuals and foreign businesses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, economics, government, law, sciences, taxation

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Meaning relationships

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noun

Meaning 2

a country or independent region where taxes are low

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: country, state, land

History

Etymology

Compound of tax + haven.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: belastingparadys — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Arabic: مَلَاذ ضَرِيبِيّ (malāḏ ḍarībiyy) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Armenian: հարկային ապաստան (harkayin apastan) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Armenian: հարկային ապաստարան (harkayin apastaran) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Armenian: հարկային դրախտ (harkayin draxt) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Azerbaijani: vergi cənnəti — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Basque: paradisu fiskal — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Belarusian: афшорная зона (afšórnaja zóna) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Bulgarian: данъчно убежище (danǎčno ubežište) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Catalan: paradís fiscal — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 避稅港 /避税港 (bìshuìgǎng) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Czech: daňový ráj — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Danish: skattely — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Dutch: belastingparadijs — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Esperanto: impostparadizo — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Estonian: maksuparadiis — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Finnish: veroparatiisi — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Finnish: verokeidas — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • French: paradis fiscal — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Galician: paraíso fiscal — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Georgian: საგადასახადო სამოთხე (sagadasaxado samotxe) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • German: Steueroase — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • German: Steuerparadies — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Greek: φορολογικός παράδεισος (forologikós parádeisos) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Hebrew: מקלט מס (miklát mas) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Hindi: कर का स्वर्ग (kar kā svarg) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Hungarian: adóparadicsom — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Icelandic: skattaskjól — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Indonesian: suaka pajak — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Irish: tearmann cánach — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Italian: paradiso fiscale — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Japanese: タックスヘイブン (takkusu-heibun) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Japanese: 租税回避地 (sozei kaihichi) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Korean: 조세 피난처 (jose pinancheo) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Latvian: nodokļu paradīze — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Lithuanian: mokesčių rojumi — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skatteparadis — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skatteparadis — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Polish: raj podatkowy — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Portuguese: paraíso fiscal — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Romanian: paradis fiscal — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Russian: нало́говый рай (nalógovyj raj) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Russian: фиска́льный оа́зис (fiskálʹnyj oázis) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Serbo-Croatian: порески рај — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Serbo-Croatian: порезно уточиште — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Serbo-Croatian: poreski raj — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Serbo-Croatian: porezno utočište — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Slovak: daňový raj — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Slovene: davčna oaza — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Spanish: paraíso fiscal — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Swedish: skatteparadis — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Turkish: vergi cenneti — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Ukrainian: офшорна зона (ofšorna zona) — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses
  • Vietnamese: thiên đường thuế — country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses