benami

Meaning

Noun

Property that is transacted under the name of a proxy to conceal the identity of the buyer.
A person owning such property.

Origin

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

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