(n.) A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port.
(n.) A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum.
(v. t.) To shelter, as in a haven.
Example Sentences:
(1) "There is a serious risk that a deal will be agreed between rich countries and tax havens that would leave poor countries out in the cold.
(2) Photograph: Guardian The research also compiled data covered by a wider definition of tax haven, including onshore jurisdictions such as the US state of Delaware – accused by the Cayman islands of playing "faster and looser" even than offshore jurisdictions – and the Republic of Ireland, which has come under sustained pressure from other EU states to reform its own low-tax, light-tough, regulatory environment.
(3) I f you haven’t got a family, you need that replaced in some way, that’s the most important thing you can do for someone in care,” says 24-year-old Chloe Juliette, herself a care leaver.
(4) Gordon Brown believes that the fact of the G20 summit has persuaded many tax havens, such as Switzerland and Liechtenstein, to indicate that they will adopt a more open approach.
(5) It will act as a further disincentive for women to seek help.” When Background Briefing visited Catherine Haven in February, the refuge looked deserted, and most of its rooms were empty, despite the town having one of the highest domestic violence rates in the state.
(6) And we haven’t asked for a recusal, which we may do.
(7) I haven't had to face anyone like the man who threatened to call the police when he decided his card had been cloned after sharing three bottles of wine with his wife, or the drunk woman who became violent and announced that she was a solicitor who was going to get this fucking place shut down – two customers Andrew had to deal with on the same night.
(8) "They haven't just got to be able to run like athletes," says Hall.
(9) A small band of shadow cabinet members have lined up to refuse to serve in posts they haven’t even been offered, on the basis of objection to economic policies they clearly haven’t read.
(10) "For tax evaders, she should turn to Pasok and New Democracy to explain to her why they haven't touched the big money and have been chasing the simple worker for two years."
(11) Above all, Addis could help close tax loopholes that allow multinational companies to report profits in tax havens – rather than where their workforces, assets or sales are.
(12) It's remarkable, I haven't seen this in five years of doing integrated care."
(13) We've all been there, and if you haven't your girlfriend has.
(14) So it’s not that we haven’t seen the progress we’d hoped for – in some places it really is that there are no services to be had.” Official as well as anecdotal feedback illustrates how serious the situation is, he says.
(15) Davies is understood not to be seeking substantial money either for the club itself, which he owns via Fildraw, a private trust registered in the tax haven of Bermuda.
(16) We haven't changed that much, we still take the piss out of each other, there's an understanding there that hasn't gone away.
(17) Tallents's two children haven't exactly rebelled and joined the navy; one is involved in direct action, but he has chosen climate change.
(18) Rachel Reeves, shadow chief secretary of the Treasury, said: "This doesn't feel like a safe haven to families and businesses and young people.
(19) I haven't had the swine flu jab yet because I'm not in a risk group; but as soon as I can get it, I will.
(20) We haven’t toured that much, for many different reasons.
Haves
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) In Fort McMurray, the town the tar sands built, the downturn created a society of haves and have-nots, said local social service organisations.
(2) A resurvey conducted 8 years later in the Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli revealed the persistence of filariasis amongst its residents.
(3) The Great Divide: Second Thoughts on the American Dream (1988) was Terkel ill-at-ease, in a book about rifts across society, not just between "haves, have somewhats and have-nots", but race and religion.
(4) Having thus polarised the country between haves and have-nots, the moderate liberals committed their fourth error.
(5) Schneider pointed out that even within countries like the US, there will be IoT-haves and have-nots.
(6) He says: "I believed from a very young age that all race warfare is essentially class warfare, and that it's in the better interests of the haves to have the have-nots fighting among themselves.
(7) "Either opt for a one-hit wonder – something that you wouldn't normally wear that is perfect for an event like a wedding, or aim for classic must-haves such as a great coat that will work season after season."
(8) For these settlements, this is a strike against the state and the haves, not just a union matter.
(9) Bercow says the commission will need to ask "searching questions about the digital divide, the haves and have-nots of the internet and the smartphone, not least because of the accumulating evidence that the Berlin Wall which undoubtedly exists in this terrain is no longer about age but relates to affluence and the lack of it".
(10) Sit and contemplate the world-class luxury of the haves; a short distance across the city are the have-nots.
(11) It's undeniable that there still exists a somewhat rigid social class system, with very little inter-generational social mobility and, almost inevitably, a widening of the gap between rich and poor, the haves and have-not's.
(12) What has become clear in the 10 years since Alma-Ata is the global split between the health of the "haves" and the "have nots".
(13) How has hegemony of the haves in our politics, at the expense and exclusion of the have-nots, fostered our democratic values?
(14) Cheshire said: “By 2030, the divide between housing haves at the top and the have-nots at the bottom will be even wider than it is now.
(15) The number of properties in Britain worth £1m or more is set to more than triple by 2030, widening the gap between the housing haves and have-nots, according to a report.
(16) Professor Robert Watson, the director of the IAASTD secretariat and the chief scientist at Defra, said: "Business as usual would mean more environmental degradation and the earth's haves and have-nots splitting further apart.
(17) Playing them on BBC One will massively increase the reach of these programmes for young audiences and guarantee that we do not risk creating a 'haves and have nots', a digital divide when it comes to enjoying what we are making for the public.
(18) Responding to a question after giving a speech on the economy, Clegg said he wasn't going to comment on leaks – Gove's letter proposing the idea – but joked about "haves and have-yachts".
(19) As a result, São Paulo earned the reputation of being one of the world’s most unequal cities, divided between the haves of the centre and the have-nots of the periphery.
(20) "Playing them on BBC1 will massively increase the reach of these programmes for young audiences and guarantee that we do not risk creating a 'haves and have nots', a digital divide when it comes to enjoying what we are making for the public."