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shel⋅tered

  [shel-terd]
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–adjective
1. protected or shielded from storms, missiles, etc., by a wall, roof, barrier, or the like.
2. protected from the troubles, annoyances, sordidness, etc., encountered in competitive situations: a sheltered life.
3. (of a business or industry) enjoying noncompetitive conditions, as because of a protective tariff.
4. of or pertaining to employment or housing, esp. for handicapped persons, in a noncompetitive, supervised environment.
Origin:
1585–95; shelter + -ed 2

shel⋅ter

  [shel-ter]
–noun
1. something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
2. the protection or refuge afforded by such a thing: He took shelter in a nearby barn.
3. protection from blame, incrimination, etc.
4. a dwelling place or home considered as a refuge from the elements: Everyone's basic needs are food, clothing, and shelter.
5. a building serving as a temporary refuge or residence for homeless persons, abandoned animals, etc.
6. Finance. tax shelter.
–verb (used with object)
7. to be a shelter for; afford shelter to: The old barn sheltered him from the rain.
8. to provide with a shelter; place under cover.
9. to protect, as by shelter; take under one's protection: Parents should not try to shelter their children from normal childhood disappointments.
10. Finance. to invest (money) in a tax shelter.
–verb (used without object)
11. to take shelter; find a refuge: He sheltered in a barn.
12. Finance. to invest money in a tax shelter.
Origin:
1575–85; perh. alter. of obs. sheltron testudo, OE scieldtruma, equiv. to scield shield + truma body of fighting men; see trim

Related forms:
shel⋅ter⋅er, noun
shel⋅ter⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
shel⋅ter⋅less, adjective
shel⋅ter⋅less⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. retreat, asylum, sanctuary, shield, haven, harbor. See cover. 7. harbor, house. 9. guard, safeguard, shield, defend.
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shel·ter   (shěl'tər)   
n.  

    1. Something that provides cover or protection, as from the weather.

    2. A refuge; a haven.

    3. An establishment that provides temporary housing for homeless people.

  2. The state of being covered or protected.

v.   shel·tered, shel·ter·ing, shel·ters

v.   tr.

  1. To provide cover or protection for.

  2. To invest (income) to protect it from taxation.

v.   intr.
To take cover; find refuge.

[Perhaps from Middle English sheltron, tight battle formation, from Old English scildtruma : scield, shield; see shield + truma, troop; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]
shel'ter·er n., shel'ter·less adj.
Synonyms: These nouns refer to places affording protection, as from danger, or to the state of being protected. Shelter usually implies a covered or enclosed area that protects temporarily, as from injury or attack: built a shelter out of pine and hemlock boughs.
Cover suggests something that conceals: traveled under cover of darkness.
Retreat applies chiefly to a secluded place to which one retires for meditation, peace, or privacy: a rural cabin that served as a weekend retreat.
Refuge suggests a place of escape from pursuit or from difficulties that beset one: "The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life" (George Bernard Shaw).
Asylum adds to refuge the idea of legal protection or of immunity from arrest: "O! receive the fugitive and prepare in time an asylum for mankind" (Thomas Paine).
Sanctuary denotes a sacred or inviolable place of refuge: political refugees finding sanctuary in a monastery.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

shelter 
1585, "structure affording protection," possibly an alteration of M.E. sheltron, sheldtrume "roof or wall formed by locked shields," from O.E. scyldtruma, from scield "shield" (see shield) + truma "troop," related to O.E. trum "firm, strong" (see trim). The notion is of a compact body of men protected by interlocking shields. Fig. sense is recorded from 1588; meaning "temporary lodging for homeless poor" is first recorded 1890 in Salvation Army jargon; sense of "temporary home for animals" is from 1971. The verb is first attested 1590; in the income investment sense, from 1955. Sheltered "protected from the usual hardships of life" is from 1888.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

shelter

To protect one's income from taxation. Some taxpayers shelter their income by investing in such activities as oil drilling ventures.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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