receiver's certificate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
An acknowledgement of indebtedness made by a receiver under order of court to obtain funds for the preservation of the assets held by him, as for operating a railroad. Receivers' certificates are ordinarily a first lien on the assets, prior to that of bonds or other securities.