Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
black cohosh
black comedy
black cow
black crappie
black currant
Black Death
black diamond
black dwarf
black economy
Black English
Black English Vernacular
black eye
black-eyed bean
black-eyed pea
black-eyed Susan
black-faced cuckoo shrike
black flag
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

black economy
black e·con·o·my


noun 
Definition:
 
unofficial or illegal earnings: the part of an economy that consists of unofficial or illegal, and therefore untaxed, earnings
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft