winding-up order

  • 1winding-up order — An order given by a British court, under the Insolvency Act (1986), compelling a company to be wound up …

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  • 2winding up order — A court instruction for a company to cease trading; one of the direct powers held by the Financial Services Authority. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary …

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  • 3winding-up order — instruction from a court to stop the operation of a company …

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  • 4winding up — see liquidation London Stock Exchange Glossary * * * winding up ˌwinding ˈup noun [singular, uncountable] COMMERCE LAW when a business or organization is closed down, especially because it cannot pay its debts: • Redeemable preference shares… …

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  • 5winding up — / waɪndɪŋ ʌp/ noun liquidation, the act of closing a company and selling its assets ♦ a compulsory winding up order an order from a court saying that a company must be wound up …

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  • 6Winding Cisticola — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification King …

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  • 7Order-disorder — In quantum field theory and statistical mechanics in the thermodynamic limit, a system with a global symmetry can have more than one phase. For parameters where the symmetry is spontaneously broken, the system is said to be ordered. When the… …

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  • 8Order of the Dragon — Oswald von Wolkenstein Portrait from the Innsbrucker Handschrift, 1432 wearing the Order of the Dragon chain The Order of the Dragon (Latin Societas Draconistrarum) was a monarchical chivalric order for selected nobility,[1] …

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  • 9Winding — Wind Wind, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wound} (wound) (rarely {Winded}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Winding}.] [OE. winden, AS. windan; akin to OS. windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan, Icel. & Sw. vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp.). Cf. {Wander}, {Wend}.] …

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  • 10Winding — Wind Wind, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winding}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. [1913 Webster] 2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game. [1913… …

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