Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

administration n (BUSINESS CLOSING)

bankrupt v
bankruptcy n
basket case n (COUNTRY/COMPANY)
charter v (OFFICIAL START)
closure n
collapse v (FAIL)
crash v (FAIL)
diversify v
dying adj
establish v (START)
establishment n (START)
fail v (STOP)
float v (BUSINESS)
flotation n (BUSINESS)
fly-by-night adj
fold v (FAIL)
foreclose v (TAKE POSSESSION)
found v (BEGIN)
foundation n (BEGIN)
growing pains n (DIFFICULTIES)
liquidate v (CLOSE)
liquidation n, at liquidate v (KILL)
liquidator n
locate v (MOVE)
moribund adj
official receiver n
organic growth n
prosper v
receiver n (PERSON)
receivership n
seed money n
shakeout n
stagnant adj (NOT BUSY)
start v (BEGIN)
start-up n
turnaround n (BIG CHANGE)
venture n
floatation, at flotation n (BUSINESS)
official receiver, at receiver n (PERSON)
start up, at start v (BEGIN)
turnround, at turnaround n (BIG CHANGE)
get the axe
go bust
lose money, pounds, dollars, etc.
go/turn belly up idiom
have a corner on a market idiom
corner the market idiom
do a roaring trade idiom
set up shop idiom
shut up shop idiom
sinking ship idiom
go under idiom
go to the wall idiom
close up shop, at shut up shop idiom

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