arms-length








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  1. not closely or intimately connected or associated; distant; remote: an arm’s-length relationship.

adjective

  1. lacking intimacy or friendliness, esp when possessing some special connection, such as previous closenesswe now have an arm’s-length relationship
  2. (of commercial transactions) in accordance with market values, disregarding any connection such as common ownership of the companies involved
n.

1650s, from arm (n.1) + length. At arm’s end is recorded from 1570s.

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