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bankrupt
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bank·rupt  (bngkrpt, -rpt)
n.
1. Law A debtor that, upon voluntary petition or one invoked by the debtor's creditors, is judged legally insolvent. The debtor's remaining property is then administered for the creditors or is distributed among them.
2. A person who is totally lacking in a specified resource or quality: an intellectual bankrupt.
adj.
1.
a. Having been legally declared financially insolvent.
b. Financially ruined; impoverished.
2.
a. Depleted of valuable qualities or characteristics: a morally and ethically bankrupt politician.
b. Totally depleted; destitute: was bankrupt of new ideas.
c. Being in a ruined state: a bankrupt foreign policy.
tr.v. bank·rupt·ed, bank·rupt·ing, bank·rupts
1. To cause to become financially bankrupt.
2. To ruin: an administration that bankrupted its credibility by seeking to manipulate the news.

[French banqueroute, from Italian banca rotta, broken counter (from the practice of breaking the counters of bankrupt bankers) : banca, moneychanger's table; see banco + rotta, past participle of rompere, to break (from Latin rumpere; see reup- in Indo-European roots).]

bankrupt·cy (-rpt-s, -rp-s) n.
bank·ruptive adj.

bankrupt
Noun
1. a person, declared by a court to be unable to pay his or her debts, whose property is sold and the proceeds distributed among the creditors
2. a person no longer having a particular quality: a spiritual bankrupt
Adjective
1. declared insolvent
2. financially ruined
3. no longer having a particular quality: morally bankrupt
Verb
to make bankrupt [Old Italian banca bank1 + rotta broken]
bankruptcy n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bankruptbankrupt - someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
nonstarter, unsuccessful person, loser, failure - a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
Verb1.bankrupt - reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
impoverish - make poor
Adj.1.bankrupt - financially ruined; "a bankrupt company"; "the company went belly-up"
insolvent - unable to meet or discharge financial obligations; "an insolvent person"; "an insolvent estate"

bankrupt
adjective insolvent, broke (informal) spent, ruined, wiped out (informal) impoverished, beggared, in the red, on the rocks, destitute, gone bust (informal) in receivership, gone to the wall, in the hands of the receivers, on your uppers, in queer street << OPPOSITE solvent
Translations
bankrupt [ˈbæŋkrʌpt] nquebrado/a
to go bankrupt → quebrar, hacer bancarrota;
to be bankrupt → estar en quiebra

bankrupt [ˈbæŋkrʌpt] nfailli(e)
adjen faillite;
to go bankrupt → faire faillite

bankrupt [ˈbæŋkrʌpt] adjbankrott
nBankrotteur(in) m(f);
to go bankrupt → Bankrott machen

bankrupt [ˈbæŋkrʌpt] adj, nfallito/a;
to go bankrupt → fallire

bankrupt
adj bankrupt [ˈbӕŋkrapt]
unable to pay one's debts He has been declared bankrupt. bankrot مُفْلِس، عاجِز عن دَّفع ديونِه фалирал v úpadku konkurs; fallit bankrott χρεοκοπημένος, σε πτώχευση quebrado, insolvente pankrotis ورشکسته konkurssitilassa en faillite פוֹשֶט רֶגֶל दिवालिया bankrotirao csődbe jutott pailit, bangkrut gjaldþrota fallito 破産した 파산의 subankrutavęs bankrotējis muflis failliet konkurs,fallitt, bankerott zbankrutowany falido falit, insolvabil обанкротившийся zbankrotovaný / zruinovaný človek bankroten bankrot bankrutt, i konkurs, konkursmässig ล้มละลาย iflâs etmiş, batmış 破產的 платоспроможний دیوالیہ phá sản
n
a person who is unable to pay his debts. bankrotspeler, bankroetier المُفْلِس، العاجِز عَن دَفْعِ دُيونِه длъжник в несъстоятелност bankrotář fallent der Bankrotteur χρεωκοπημένος quebrado pankrotistunu ورشکسته؛ مفلس konkurssin tehnyt henkilö failli/-ie פוֹשֶט רֶגֶל दिवालिया stečajnik tönkremegy orang pailit gjaldþrotamaður fallito 破産者 파산자 subankrutavęs žmogus bankrotētājs orang yang muflis gefailleerde fallent bankrut falido falit банкрот zbankrotovaný, zruinovaný človek bankroter bankrot person som gjort konkurs บุคคลล้มละลาย iflâs etmiş kişi, batkın 破產者 банкрут کنگال، کنگلہ người phá sản
v
to make bankrupt His wife's extravagance soon bankrupted him. bankrot maak يُفلِس фалирам přivést na mizinu gøre konkurs in den Bankrott treiben οδηγώ σε χρεοκοπία hacer quebrar, arruinar pankrotti ajama ورشکسته کردن saattaa vararikkoon ruiner לִפשוֹט רֶגֶל दिवालिया होना dovesti do stečaja csődbe visz membuat pailit gera gjaldþrota rovinare 破産させる 파산시키다 atvesti prie bankroto novest līdz bankrotam; izputināt; bankrotēt memufliskan failliet doen gaan gjøre konkurs doprowadzić do bankructwa levar à falência a ruina сделать банкротом zruinovať ugonobiti bankrotirati göra bankrutt ทำให้ล้มละลาย iflâs ettirmek, batırmak 使破產 зробити кого банкрутом دوالہ نکالنا làm phá sản 使
n bankruptcy
bankrotskap, insolvensie إِفْلاس фалит bankrot, úpadek konkurs; fallit der Bankrott πτώχευση quiebra, insolvencia pankrot ورشکستگی konkurssi faillite פּשִיטַת רֶגֶל दिवाला bankrot csőd pailit, kebangkrutan gjaldþrot bancarotta 破産 파산 (상태) bankrotas bankrots kemuflisan faillissement konkurs, fallitt bankructwo falência bancrută, faliment банкротство bankrot, úpadok bankrot bankrotstvo bankrutt, konkurs การล้มละลาย iflâs 破產 банкрутство دوالہ نکل جانا، دیوالیہ ہو جانا sự phá sản


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