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winding up



winding-up
ADJECTIVE
closing
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Rival developers Country Garden and Shimao have also been hit with a winding-up petitions in the city.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2024

"In essence there's no one from the company managing the business affairs on that basis to serve a winding-up petition," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2024

It defaulted on its overseas debt last year and faces a winding-up petition.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024

It was proposed that MPs should be advised of the help on offer during the winding-up period they are given to close down their offices after an election.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2023

A committee was appointed to consider the best course to be adopted, and soon afterwards a petition was presented for the winding-up of the society, and a warrant issued for the apprehension of Buttifant. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles