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phoenixing

phoenixing is the present participle and gerund of phoenix.

phoenixing is the gerund of phoenix.

Meaning of phoenix

Verb

phoenix (third-person singular simple present phoenixes, present participle phoenixing, simple past and past participle phoenixed)

  1. (Australia) To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability
    • Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association CEO John Winter said phoenixing has been "endemic" for decades.2019 December 17, Noel Gladstone, Carrie Fellner, “Small business flattened by 'dodgy' builders in phoenixing epidemic”, in The Sydney Morning Herald

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Forms of phoenixing

pluralphoenixings

Questions about phoenixing

What is phoenixing the present participle and gerund of?
Phoenixing is the present participle and gerund of phoenix.

Words near phoenixing in the dictionary

  1. phoenix palm
  2. phoenix palms
  3. Phoenix Park
  4. phoenixed
  5. phoenixes
  6. phoenixing
  7. phoenixings
  8. phoenixism
  9. phoenixity
  10. phoenixlike
  11. Phoenixville

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