official receivernoun [ C ]
uk/əˌfɪʃ.əl rɪˈsiː.vər/us/əˌfɪʃ.əl rɪˈsiː.vɚ/UKa person who is ordered by the government to deal with the income and property of a company or a person after they have gone bankrupt (= are unable to pay their debts)
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Success & failure in business
- administration
- axe
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- branch
- branch out
- collapse
- establish
- fold
- foreclose
- joint venture
- liquidate
- liquidator
- locate
- moribund
- organic growth
- prosper
- receivership
- shut (sth) down
- spin
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