official receiver
Definitions
Accounting
- noun a government official who is appointed to run a company which is in financial difficulties, to pay off its debts as far as possible and to close it down
Law
- noun (written as Official Receiver)a government official who is appointed to close down a company which is in liquidation or deal with the affairs of a bankrupt
Politics
- noun (written as Official Receiver)the government official whose job is to deal with bankrupt companies
