Synonyms for receivership
rɪˈsi vərˌʃɪpre·ceiver·ship

Princeton's WordNet

1. receivershipnoun

   the state of property that is in the hands of a receiver

   "the business is in receivership"

2. receivershipnoun

   a court action that places property under the control of a receiver during litigation so that it can be preserved for the benefit of all

3. receivershipnoun

   the office of a receiver

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1. • Law
   • Position
   • Proceeding
   • State

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1. List of paraphrases for "receivership":

   sequestration, trusteeship, receiver

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1. Mohammed Dewji:

   Sisal used to be the white gold of Tanzania, in the 60's and 70's our country produced over 200,000 tonnes of sisal, huge employment was provided, then of course synthetics came in, and the prices of Sisal started falling tremendously, so in the late 90's I bought a lot of farms under receivership. And I said: 'look, I mean the price cannot go further down,' so I took a long-term view.

2. Colin Shelley:

   I presume it went into receivership because the partners can't work together to put in money to revive it.