bankruptcy protection
noun[U]
ukus(alsobankruptcy-law protection)LAW,FINANCE
lawsthatlimittheamountofmoneyabankruptcompany(= one thatowesmoremoneythan it canpay)mustpayto those itowesmoneyto:
Thefirmfiledforbankruptcyprotectionafter amassiveaccountingscandal.
We havefiledforbankruptcyprotectionfromcreditors.
It's the secondtimethecompanyhassoughtbankruptcyprotectionin 25months.
The Chicago-basedbusiness, alreadyforcedintoChapter11bankruptcyprotection, said that acompletecollapseis now a "distinctpossibility".
See also
Chapter 11