overtrading

overtrading
The undertaking of business activity that results in *cash flow problems and potential *insolvency Overtrading is characterized by *working capital problems arising from the simultaneous (i) slow receipt of cash receipts relating to *accounts receivable and (ii) pressing demands for payments to *suppliers.

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