setoff
Example Sentences
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“JPMorgan asserts, and the debtors admit, that ‘by virtue of such setoff rights, such funds may be subject to liens in favor of’” JPMorgan, it said.
From BusinessWeek • Nov. 1, 2011
Peck said that bankruptcy law requires mutuality, meaning that setoff only exists between the same two companies.
From BusinessWeek • Oct. 6, 2011
Even though a triangular setoff may be permissible under state law, it doesn’t work in bankruptcy because “the Bankruptcy Code imposes its own strict requirements,” Peck said.
From BusinessWeek • Oct. 6, 2011
Because there was no right of setoff in the first place, there was nothing for the safe harbor to protect.
From BusinessWeek • Oct. 6, 2011
Three weeks later I received a letter announcing that I had a two-year setoff until seeing them again.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
