file for bankruptcy
idiom
: to officially ask to be legally recognized as bankrupt
The company filed for bankruptcy in July.
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The parent company of Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival, Groupe Juste Pour Rire Inc., is set to file for bankruptcy protection.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
By filing the lien, the Department of Revenue Services is protecting the state’s interest if the hospital chain were to file for bankruptcy or be sold.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
Lauper had launched her singing career in the late 1970s as part of Blue Angel, but the group’s 1980 debut album flopped and legal issues with their manager led her to file for bankruptcy.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2023
People turned their anger to foreign investors and a move by the company to file for bankruptcy protection.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
Economic pressures have already forced the closure of Madera Community Hospital in rural Central California and spurred Beverly Hospital in Montebello to file for bankruptcy protection this spring.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
Enlarge Getty Images | Justin Sullivan WeWork stock fell about 50 percent today as the business once valued at $47 billion reportedly plans to file for bankruptcy.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2023
In 2009, the hefty cost of retirement benefits was one of the factors that prompted G.M. and Chrysler to file for bankruptcy protection.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
Ultimately, the couple ended up owing more than $200,000 in defense attorney fees and had to file for bankruptcy.
—Jesse Bedayn The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2023
Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
By filing the lien, the Department of Revenue Services is protecting the state’s interest if the hospital chain were to file for bankruptcy or be sold.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
Lauper had launched her singing career in the late 1970s as part of Blue Angel, but the group’s 1980 debut album flopped and legal issues with their manager led her to file for bankruptcy.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2023
People turned their anger to foreign investors and a move by the company to file for bankruptcy protection.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
Economic pressures have already forced the closure of Madera Community Hospital in rural Central California and spurred Beverly Hospital in Montebello to file for bankruptcy protection this spring.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
Enlarge Getty Images | Justin Sullivan WeWork stock fell about 50 percent today as the business once valued at $47 billion reportedly plans to file for bankruptcy.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2023
In 2009, the hefty cost of retirement benefits was one of the factors that prompted G.M. and Chrysler to file for bankruptcy protection.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
Ultimately, the couple ended up owing more than $200,000 in defense attorney fees and had to file for bankruptcy.
—Jesse Bedayn The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2023
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