An acronym for the Dutch phrase Naamloze Vennootschap, a public company. The N.V. or NV suffix is used in the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname and the Dutch West Indies.It is also used in Indonesia, Curacao, St. Maarten and Aruba.iterally, naamloze vennootschap means nameless venture, since the shareholders in a public company can remain anonymous.
What was the Stamp Act? The Stamp Act was a tax imposed by the British government on the American colonies. British taxpayers already paid a stamp tax and Massachusetts briefly experimented with a similar law, but the Stamp Act imposed on colonial residents went further than the existing ones.
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765, one year after the Sugar Act of 1764. imposed because the Sugar Act did not generate enough tax money to cover the cost of defending the colonies.