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German
Etymology
From abschöpfen + -ung.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ab‧schöp‧fung
Noun
Abschöpfung f (genitive Abschöpfung, plural Abschöpfungen)
- verbal noun of abschöpfen
- Synonym: Abschöpfen
- (economics) levy, import or export tax
- Synonyms: Zoll, Einfuhrabgabe, Ausfuhrabgabe
- (finance) the practice of keeping a disproportionate amount of income
2017 December 4, Christoph A. Schaltegger, Patrick Leisibach, “Für eine wirksame Steuervorlage 17 braucht es Anpassungen im Finanzausgleich”, in Neue Zürcher Zeitung:Das heutige System der Abschöpfung finanzkräftiger Kantone und der Bezuschussung finanzschwacher Kantone schwächt die Anreize zur steuerlichen Standortpflege [...]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (computing) unofficial or illegal (cyber) espionage, wiretapping
- Synonyms: Abhörung, Ausspionierung, Spionage
2006 October 4, Sven Felix Kellerhoff, “Engholm hieß bei der Stasi "Erdmann"”, in Die Welt:Unklar ist, ob die Stasi durch "Abschöpfungen", durch Spionage von Mitarbeitern oder über andere Wege an das Material gekommen ist.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Abschöpfung
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