round-tripping
Money goes back
Round-tripping is moving money, goods, or data through a circuit that returns to the starting point, typically to create a false appearance or exploit a loophole.
In finance, it may mean buying and selling the same security to generate artificial trading volume, or routing funds through foreign accounts to disguise their origin: The company was accused of round-tripping revenue through shell corporations.
In computing, round-tripping refers to data that passes through a conversion process and back without loss: The file format supports round-tripping between applications.
Legal payment minimization
- capital flightRapid outflow of investments
- money launderingDisguising criminal proceeds' origins
- offshoreAway from land
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
shell company · tax haven · loophole · foreign investment · fiscal evasion · cross-border · conduit
Travel back to origin
- outboundHeaded away from origin
- inboundTraveling toward a destination
- itineraryPlanned sequence of destinations
- departureAct of going away
arrival · loop · circuit · excursion · booking · fare · ticket · layover
Changing information structure
- formatArrangement and presentation style
- exportForeign-bound sale
- importObtain from overseas
- losslessRetaining all original information
lossy · fidelity · interchange · compatibility · file format · encoding · decoding · serialization
tax avoidance
Legal payment minimization
- capital flightRapid outflow of investments
- money launderingDisguising criminal proceeds' origins
- offshoreAway from land
repatriation · shell company · tax haven · loophole · foreign investment · fiscal evasion · cross-border · conduit
return journey
Travel back to origin
- outboundHeaded away from origin
- inboundTraveling toward a destination
- itineraryPlanned sequence of destinations
departure · arrival · loop · circuit · excursion · booking · fare · ticket · layover · stopover
data conversion
Changing information structure
lossless · lossy · fidelity · interchange · compatibility · file format · encoding · decoding · serialization · migration
shipping
Transporting goods to destinations
repositioning · fleet · trucking · deadhead · delivery · pickup · warehouse · distribution · transport · routing
- financial fraudsecurities fraud, bank fraud, accounting fraud, defalcation, embezzler