Synonyms for receivership

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ri-see-ver-ship

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈsi vərˌʃɪp

Définition of receivership

Origin : late 15c., "office of a receiver" (of public revenues), from receiver + -ship. As "condition of being under control of a receiver," 1884.

As in Chapter 11 : noun declaring bankruptcy

Example sentences :

It was during the receivership and there was no room for frills.
Extract from : « The Daughter of a Magnate » by Frank H. Spearman

I'll take the receivership and you'll be the receiver's attorney, of course.
Extract from : « Otherwise Phyllis » by Meredith Nicholson

The receivership at once adopted a vigorous policy of improvement.
Extract from : « The Railroad Builders » by John Moody

Are you really going to spring the receivership on the Dunton people to-morrow?
Extract from : « The Wreckers » by Francis Lynde

Dunton can't stand for a receivership, and Chadwick knows it.
Extract from : « The Wreckers » by Francis Lynde

"Then there is nothing for it but a receivership," was Raymer's gloomy decision.
Extract from : « The Price » by Francis Lynde

They'll get them through a receivership, and after the panic's all over.
Extract from : « The Financier » by Theodore Dreiser

The receivership has been giving you enough to do; and the game, after all, is a hard one.
Extract from : « A Hoosier Chronicle » by Meredith Nicholson

But when we get into the courts, Mr. Strauss, on a receivership, I go before the judge and tell the story.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of an American Citizen » by Robert Herrick

He advised them of the receivership in terms which led them to believe that he had brought it about as a part of his own plans.
Extract from : « The Main Chance » by Meredith Nicholson

Words or expressions associated with your search

Most wanted synonyms

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019