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81chapter 13 — In the USA, the statute of the Bankruptcy Reform Act (1978) that refers to debt restructuring and provides for individuals to repay creditors over time. Compare chapter 7; chapter 11 …
82chapter 7 — In the USA, the statute of the Bankruptcy Reform Act (1978) that refers to liquidation proceedings. It provides for a trustee appointed by the court to make a management charge, secure additional financing, and operate the business in order to… …
83Chapter 11 — A statute of the 1978 U.S. Bankruptcy Reform Act. Chapter 11 protection allows an organization or individual to attempt to restructure and reorganize, to minimize the effects of a bankruptcy Spectacular Chapter 11 filings in recent years have… …
84chapter — noun 1) the first chapter of the book Syn: section, part, division, topic, stage, episode 2) a new chapter in our history Syn: period, phase, page, stage, epoch …
85chapter*/*/*/ — [ˈtʃæptə] noun [C] 1) one of the sections of a book See Chapter Three for more details.[/ex] 2) a period of someone s life, or a period in history The war was now entering its final chapter.[/ex] …
86chapter — / tʃreptə/ noun US a section of an Act of Congress ▪▪▪ ‘…the company filed under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code, the largest failure ever in the steel industry’ [Fortune] ▪▪▪ ‘…the firm, whose trademark dates back to 1871, has been… …
87Chapter 9 — A bankruptcy proceeding that provides financially distressed municipalities with protection from creditors by creating a plan between the municipality and its creditors to resolve the outstanding debt. Municipalities include cities, counties,… …
88Chapter 11 — noun (in the US) protection from creditors given to a company in financial difficulties for a limited period to allow it to reorganize. Origin with allusion to chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy code …
89chapter — chap•ter [[t]ˈtʃæp tər[/t]] n. 1) a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usu. bearing a number or title 2) a branch of a society, fraternity, etc 3) an important portion or division of anything: a new chapter in evolution[/ex] 4) rel… …
90Chapter 11 — or Chapter XI n. law a section of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code that provides for the reorganization of an insolvent corporation under court supervision …
