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receivership

noun as in Chapter 11

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I am convinced by what I have read that the next thing I will hear is that Fox is in receivership!

All across the country, banks had failed, railroads had gone into receivership, farms had foreclosed, and jobs had disappeared.

Aaron Logan got his order for receivership before his public went frantic and while cash was yet available.

The receivership was closed and the administration of the road was restored to the Cleveland and Pittsburg Company.

Then came a letter from a brother lawyer who was looking after some details of the receivership.

And a measure which would insure the running of the plant under a temporary receivership would, of course, do it.

It looked as if it might have to go into receivership, even though at that moment its stock had reached well above par.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to receivership, such as: bankruptcy, chapter eleven, chapter xi, default, failure, and insolvency.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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