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IVA

 
 
noun [C] LAW

Definition

abbreviation for individual voluntary agreement: an arrangement in the UK between a person or company that owes money and the people or companies they owe. An IVA allows the person or company that owes money to avoid formally going bankrupt: The debtor must make payments to creditors as specified in the IVA.
(Definition of IVA noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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