asset-stripping

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noun

commerce the practice of taking over a failing company at a low price and then selling the assets piecemeal before closing the company down

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Derived forms of asset-stripping

asset-stripper, noun

Words nearby asset-stripping

assessment arrangements, assessor, asset, asset-backed fund, assets, asset-stripping, asset value, asseverate, asseveration, assez, asshole

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Example sentences from the Web for asset-stripping

First, his credentials: He did international mergers and acquisitions at Lazard, a financial and asset management firm.
Sen. Warren’s Main Street Crusade to Pressure Clinton|Eleanor Clift|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What had been the greatest asset of the paperback revolution,” observes Rabinowitz, “became its greatest danger.
How Pulp Fiction Saved Literature|Wendy Smith|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Its biggest asset, of course, is the steely Atwell, who never asks you to feel sorry for Carter despite all the sexism around her.
Marvel’s ‘Agent Carter’ Stomps on the Patriarchy|Melissa Leon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Perhaps one of the most egregious examples is the abuse of civil asset forfeiture laws.
Are Police Stealing People’s Property?|Joan Blades, Matt Kibbe|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

As the region is flooded with goods, Garry and his team are stripping the virus testing process bare.
This New Ebola Test Is As Easy As a Pregnancy Test, So Why Aren’t We Using It?|Abby Haglage|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She stripped off her mackintosh, as though she were stripping off her modesty, and stood before him revealed.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
"I call you," the policeman said, and stripping the saddle and bridle from his sweaty horse, turned him loose to graze.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
In such incompetent hands the malt business soon fell to be a liability rather than an asset.
The Eve of the Revolution|Carl Becker
In an army thoroughly disorganised a good draughtsman with an eye for country was no despicable asset.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Another building of late has been built by the growers in the Connecticut valley, called a stripping house.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.

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