business interruption
Commerce forced pause
Business interruption refers to the disruption of normal commercial operations, typically due to events like natural disasters, equipment failures, or other unforeseen circumstances.
The term appears most often in insurance contexts: business interruption insurance covers lost income and ongoing expenses when a company cannot operate.
The factory fire caused six weeks of business interruption.
- natural disasterCatastrophic environmental event
- act of GodUnforeseeable natural catastrophe
- fire damageDestruction from flames
- revenue lossDecline in income
- lost profitsIncome prevented by wrongdoing
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