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Dummy
A buyer of real estate who has no interest in owning what he/she buys. That is, if a developer wishes to buy up a large amount of land without attracting attention, he/she may hire dummies to purchase (with the developer's capital) on his/her behalf. The dummies in turn re-sell (or simply give) the properties to the developer.
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A straw man, as when a developer desires to purchase a number of properties in order to assemble them and build a shopping center but is afraid that owners will increase their asking prices if they know the true name of the buyer. Owners sell to the dummy, who then transfers to the developer.
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The scoring was completed by Luke Hendrick who made a nice break in centre field before dummying and outpacing the defence.
St Joes' show of strength by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
De Villiers fielded the ball just inside his own half and beat five defenders in a weaving run to the try line, dummying past Gerrard to score a converted try and put his team just two points behind.
Brumbies honour teammate in emotional win by AFP / AFP Global Edition
That, though, was a mere appetiser for the main course of his exquisitely taken second, dummying an inside pass from Wayne Bridge and racing on to Gerrard's throughball before clipping home.
Why Capello has to make Gerrard his central figure by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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