setoff
Example Sentences
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He said that setting off under a swap agreement is permissible even after bankruptcy, although only if the right of setoff exists in the first place.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 6, 2011
Even though a triangular setoff may be permissible under state law, it doesn’t work in bankruptcy because “the Bankruptcy Code imposes its own strict requirements,” Peck said.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 6, 2011
Peck said that bankruptcy law requires mutuality, meaning that setoff only exists between the same two companies.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 6, 2011
If a triangular setoff were permitted, the Lehman broker’s other creditors would be $23 million worse off.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 6, 2011
Three weeks later I received a letter announcing that I had a two-year setoff until seeing them again.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
