Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• BANKMAIL - An agreement between a company engaged in a takeover bid and a bank that the bank will not f...
  
  
• BANKRUPT - the entity that files a bankruptcy; the debtor; the insolvent entity. This is a non-technica...
  
  
• BANKRUPTCY - is a state of insolvency of an organization or individual, i.e. an inability to pay debts....
  
  
• BANKRUPTCY (CHAPTER 13) - This type of bankruptcy allows an individual to begin debt repayment without ...
  
  
• BANKRUPTCY (CHAPTER 7) - This type of bankruptcy allows the debtor to have a 'clean slate', although mo...
  
  
• BANKRUPTCY ACT OF 1898 - the basis of the federal bankruptcy statutes used until the Bankruptcy Reform ...
  
  
• BANKRUPTCY ACT OF 1933 - a statutory expansion of reorganization for companies; (see Section 77); the B...
  
  
• BANKRUPTCY ACT OF 1934 - a further statutory expansion of reorganization for companies; (see Section 77...
  
  
• BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENTS OF 1984 - a set of amendments to the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978. It contains a...
  
  
• BANKRUPTCY CODE - The informal name for Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. § 101 - 1330), th...