haven
ha|ven /h'eɪvən/ (havens)
[N-COUNT] oft N for/of n
A haven is a place where people or animals feel safe, secure, and happy.
...Lake Baringo, a freshwater haven for a mixed variety of birds.
see also safe haven
= refugesafe ha|ven (safe havens)
1 [N-COUNT]
If part of a country is declared a safe haven, people who need to escape from a dangerous situation such as a war can go there and be protected.
Countries overwhelmed by the human tide of refugees want safe havens set up at once.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If a country provides safe haven for people from another country who have been in danger, it allows them to stay there under its official protection. (AM)
Some Democrats support granting the Haitians temporary safe haven in the US.
= asylum
3 [N-COUNT] usu sing, oft N from n
A safe haven is a place, a situation, or an activity which provides people with an opportunity to escape from things that they find unpleasant or worrying.
...the idea of the family as a safe haven from the brutal outside world.tax ha|ven (tax havens)
[N-COUNT]
A tax haven is a country or place which has a low rate of tax so that people choose to live there or register companies there in order to avoid paying higher tax in their own countries.
[N-COUNT] oft N for/of n
A haven is a place where people or animals feel safe, secure, and happy.
...Lake Baringo, a freshwater haven for a mixed variety of birds.
see also safe haven
= refugesafe ha|ven (safe havens)
1 [N-COUNT]
If part of a country is declared a safe haven, people who need to escape from a dangerous situation such as a war can go there and be protected.
Countries overwhelmed by the human tide of refugees want safe havens set up at once.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If a country provides safe haven for people from another country who have been in danger, it allows them to stay there under its official protection. (AM)
Some Democrats support granting the Haitians temporary safe haven in the US.
= asylum
3 [N-COUNT] usu sing, oft N from n
A safe haven is a place, a situation, or an activity which provides people with an opportunity to escape from things that they find unpleasant or worrying.
...the idea of the family as a safe haven from the brutal outside world.tax ha|ven (tax havens)
[N-COUNT]
A tax haven is a country or place which has a low rate of tax so that people choose to live there or register companies there in order to avoid paying higher tax in their own countries.