Meanings
nounreceivership (countable and uncountable, plural receiverships)
plural receiverships
- countableuncountablelawThe office and duties of a receiver.
- countableuncountablelawThe 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 - countableuncountablebusinessA form of trusteeship of bankruptcy administration in which a receiver is appointed to run the company for the benefit of the creditors.
Origin
- Englishreceiver
- Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
- Englishreceivership
Translations
Finnish selvitystila, konkurssihallinto
- selvitystilastate of being under the control of a receiver
- konkurssihallintotrusteeship in bankruptcy
French mise sous séquestre, administration-séquestre
- mise sous séquestrestate of being under the control of a receiver
- administration-séquestretrusteeship in bankruptcy
German Konkursverwaltung
- Konkursverwaltungtrusteeship in bankruptcy
Hungarian csődtömeggondnokság, csődgondnokság
- csődtömeggondnokságtrusteeship in bankruptcy
- csődgondnokságtrusteeship in bankruptcy
- csődbiztosságtrusteeship in bankruptcy
Italian sequestro
- sequestrotrusteeship in bankruptcy
Japanese 管財
- 管財 (kanzai)trusteeship in bankruptcy
Polish zarząd syndyka
- zarząd syndykatrusteeship in bankruptcy
Portuguese administração judicial
- administração judicialtrusteeship in bankruptcy
Russian прее́мственность
- прее́мственность (prejémstvennostʹ)trusteeship in bankruptcy
Spanish sindicatura
- sindicaturatrusteeship in bankruptcy
Turkish yedieminlik
- yedieminliktrusteeship in bankruptcy
Cite this entry
APA
receivership. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/receivership
MLA
“receivership.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/receivership. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “receivership,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/receivership.
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