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receivership

2013年10月18日 | 英語学習
今日の単語もRD9月号の記事からです。
I helped out a semi-famous man once when he and his family reached the checkout with their trolley and the card declined (because he was in receivership!) I paid for the items and on their way they went. "receivership" の意味を調べます。
・Macmillan Dictionary: a situation in which a business is being managed by a receiver: The company went into receivership two years ago.
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: law : the state of a business that has been placed under the control of a receiver because it is bankrupt: Years of financial difficulty eventually placed the company into receivership.
・Oxford Dictionary: the condition of being administered by a receiver: He has been on loan to a Seria B side, but they went into receivership , like Fiorentina. 絶対になりたくない状況ですね。
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