receivership
receivership noun: the office and duties of a receiver.
Noun
receivership (countable and uncountable, plural receiverships)
- The office and duties of a receiver.
- The state of being under the control of a receiver.
- The capital cost in 1915-1927 of equipping 924 miles of track put the Milwaukee into a receivership from which it took a long time to recover; and in view of the length of line electrified it is surprising that a current of 1,500V d.c. was chosen rather than the Pennsylvania 11,000V a.c.1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 84
- A form of trusteeship of bankruptcy administration in which a receiver is appointed to run the company for the benefit of the creditors.
receivership meaning in Bengali
receivership in Bengali
- রিসিভারের নিয়ন্ত্রণে থাকার অবস্থা
Forms of receivership
| plural | receiverships |
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Origin of receivership
From receiver + -ship.
Questions about receivership
- What does receivership mean?
- Receivership means the office and duties of a receiver.
- What is receivership in Bengali?
- Receivership in Bengali is রিসিভারের নিয়ন্ত্রণে থাকার অবস্থা. See Receivership meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is receivership?
- Receivership is a noun.
- What is the plural of receivership?
- The plural of receivership is receiverships.
Words near receivership in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: receivership (page history and authors); receivership (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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