Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun receivership

3 senses of receivership

Sense 1
receivership -- (the state of property that is in the hands of a receiver; "the business is in receivership")
       => state -- (the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state")

Sense 2
receivership -- (a court action that places property under the control of a receiver during litigation so that it can be preserved for the benefit of all)
       => proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings -- ((law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked)

Sense 3
receivership -- (the office of a receiver)
       => position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation -- (a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury")