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for the avoidance of doubt

/fə ði əˈvɔɪdəns əv daʊt/

B1CEFR level
58/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Law phrase

Introducing a clarification that makes explicit something intended to be implied, removing any possible ambiguity.

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this clause obliges the Buyer to purchase further stock.

Topic: Legal drafting in Legal English

Business phrase

A formal phrase used to state something explicitly so no ambiguity remains.

For the avoidance of doubt, the deadline is the 15th, not the 25th as some may have assumed.

Similar: to be clear, to clarify

Topic: Business email & meetings in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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