Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine

A large corporation formed from the merging of separate and diverse firms.

【正式】企业集团。指由多个不同行业或领域的公司合并而成的庞大商业实体，暗示其规模庞大且结构复杂。

in contextIndian conglomerate Adani will pay no company tax

To counterbalance the effect of something; in accounting, to deduct expenses from income to reduce taxable profit.

【专业】抵消。在会计语境下，指用成本或费用来冲减收入，从而降低应税利润。此处暗示通过财务手段使利润归零。

in contextused large costs ... to offset its $963.5m revenue

A party that has the ability to directly or indirectly control another party; often used in accounting to describe transactions between a company and its owners or affiliates.

【专业】关联方。会计术语，指能控制、共同控制或施加重大影响的企业。提及“关联方物流费用”常暗示可能存在内部定价转移，是审计关注的重点。

in contextincluding production and related party logistics expenses

To remove or obliterate. Used here with ironic undertone to suggest the tax bill has been magically or conveniently wiped out.

【反讽/修辞】抹去。字面意为消除，此处带有讽刺意味，暗示纳税账单被轻易“擦除”，暗指企业利用规则漏洞避税的荒谬感。

in contextThis resulted in a recorded $340.6m loss ... erasing it’s tax bill.

An economic system focused on the long-term, often unsustainable, extraction of natural resources, typically benefiting external corporations while leaving local communities with environmental and social costs.

掠夺性资本主义：一种专注于长期、往往不可持续地开采自然资源的经济体系，通常使外部公司受益，而将环境和社会成本留给当地社区。

in contextclassic extractive capitalism: they extract the coal...