HomeDefinitionsCompareDebt Safe harborThe financial definition for Safe harbor:Often used in risk arbitrage as a form of shark repellent. A target company acquires a business so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive, giving it, in effect, a safe harbor. Similar MatchesSafe harbor leaseSafe harbor leaseA lease to transfer tax benefits of ownership (depreciation and debt tax shield) from the lessee, if the lessee could not use them, to a lessor that could use them. Click to compare definitions of Safe harbor Click to view definitions beginning sa |