bankruptcy of a firm

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• bankruptcy — bank·rupt·cy / baŋ ˌkrəp sē/ n pl cies 1: the quality or state of a bankrupt filed for bankruptcy 2: the administration of an insolvent debtor s property by the court for the benefit of the debtor s creditors the debt was discharged in bankruptcy …   Law dictionary

• bankruptcy protection — ➔ protection * * * bankruptcy protection UK US noun [U] (also bankruptcy law protection) ► LAW, FINANCE laws that limit the amount of money a bankrupt company (= one that owes more money than it can pay) must pay to those it owes money to: »The… …   Financial and business terms

• Bankruptcy prediction — is the art of predicting bankruptcy and various measures of financial distress of public firms. It is a vast area of finance and accounting research. The importance of the area is due in part to the relevance for creditors and investors in… …   Wikipedia

• bankruptcy petition — ➔ petition * * * bankruptcy petition UK US noun [C] ► LAW, FINANCE a formal letter to a court asking that a person or company be declared bankrupt: »The latest bankruptcy petition was filed April 14. »Lawyers are considering an involuntary… …   Financial and business terms

• firm offer — n: a binding written offer to buy or sell that cannot be revoked for a stipulated period of time or for a reasonable time that in no event exceeds three months Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. firm offer …   Law dictionary

• Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers — Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on September 15, 2008. The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers is the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history with Lehman holding over $600 billion in assets. [cite web… …   Wikipedia

• Bankruptcy Costs of debt — Within the theory of corporate finance, Bankruptcy Costs of Debt are the increased costs of financing with debt instead of equity that result from a higher probability of bankruptcy. The fact that bankruptcy is generally a costly process in… …   Wikipedia

• Bankruptcy — State of being unable to pay debts. Thus, the ownership of the firm s assets is transferred from the stockholders to the bondholders. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * bankruptcy bank‧rupt‧cy [ˈbæŋkrʌptsi] noun bankruptcies PLURALFORM… …   Financial and business terms

• bankruptcy — Inability to pay debts. In bankruptcy of a publicly owned entity, the ownership of the firm s assets is transferred from the stockholders to the bondholders. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary Legal status of a company unable to pay creditors.… …   Financial and business terms

• Bankruptcy problem — In mathematical sociology, and especially game theory, the bankruptcy problem is a distribution problem involving the allocation of a given amount of a perfectly divisible good among a group of agents. The focus is on the case where the amount is …   Wikipedia

• Bankruptcy Reform Act — 1978 A US law that brought about major changes to bankruptcy law after 40 years of the previous legislation. The reforms made it easier to file petitions, amended the previous absolute rule giving priority to secured creditors in all cases, and… …   Big dictionary of business and management