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letter of composition en · NOUN

Etymology

From an obsolete sense of composition, “payment to settle an obligation”: see composition fee.

Meanings

1. (Singapore) Official notice of a composition fee (a fine).
   • […] about 300 foreign companies did not file their tax returns with IRAS. Letters of composition were issued to these companies. 2013, OECD, Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information Tax Purposes Peer Reviews: Singapore 2013, →ISBN, page 32:
   • I have been away from Singapore for more than 15 years, and imagine my surprise on receiving a scanned copy of a "failure to file return" […] This the^([sic]) the first letter from the IRAS after more than 15 years and it is a letter of composition and penalty - for Pay and Pay? 2008 January 2, Soojenn, “Singapore - A Police State”, in Singapore in General (blog):
   • Recently I received a letter of composition of $20 from the Car Parks Division, Urban Redevelopment Authority, for parking my broken down car in Keong Siak Road where it joins Sago Street and Sago Lane. 1978 May 27, “Parking Victim”, “Need for ‘no parking’ signs”, in The Straits Times, page 17:

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