enviro

American  

[en-vahy-roh] / ɛnˈvaɪ roʊ /

noun

plural

enviros

1. Informal. an environmentalist.

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enviro British  

/ ɪnˈvaɪrəʊ /

noun

1. informal an environmentalist

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Etymology

Origin of enviro

First recorded in 1985–90; by shortening

Example Sentences

Kazakh billionaire Timur Kulibayev has told the BBC through his lawyers that he used a loan from a company called Enviro Pacific Investments to help him buy Andrew's former mansion.

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Weeks after the last of these payments was made, the oligarch bought Sunninghill Park in Berkshire from the then prince for £15m - with the help of funds from Enviro Pacific.

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The allegations included the possibility that bribes might have been used to fund the purchase of Sunninghill Park through Enviro Pacific Investments - the company which has now been confirmed as partly funding the deal.

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However, the BBC has seen documents from a series of court cases in 2016 and 2017 which together show how Italian prosecutors concluded that Enviro Pacific Investments had received cash from a bribery scheme.

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They suggest that Enviro Pacific Investments' link to corruption was through another company called Aventall.

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