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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.

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[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).]

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bankrupt·cy (-rpt-s, -rp-s) n.

bank·ruptive adj.

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bankrupt [ˈbæŋkrʌpt -rəpt]

n

1. (Law) a person adjudged insolvent by a court, his property being transferred to a trustee and administered for the benefit of his creditors

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) any person unable to discharge all his debts

3. a person whose resources in a certain field are exhausted or nonexistent a spiritual bankrupt

adj

1. (Law) adjudged insolvent

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) financially ruined

3. depleted in resources or having completely failed spiritually bankrupt

4. (foll by of) Brit lacking bankrupt of intelligence

vb

(tr) to make bankrupt

[from Old French banqueroute, from Old Italian bancarotta, from banca bank¹ + rotta broken, from Latin ruptus, from rumpere to break]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bankrupt - someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts insolvent nonstarter, unsuccessful person, loser, failure - a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
Verb	1.	bankrupt - reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" ruin, smash, break impoverish - make poor
Adj.	1.	bankrupt - financially ruined; "a bankrupt company"; "the company went belly-up" belly-up insolvent - unable to meet or discharge financial obligations; "an insolvent person"; "an insolvent estate"

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bankrupt

adjective

1. 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 He was finally declared bankrupt.
insolvent sound, wealthy, prosperous, solvent, in the money (informal), on the up and up

2. lacking, wanting, deprived, in need, bereft, destitute He really thinks that European civilisation is morally bankrupt.

verb

ruin, break, impoverish, make bankrupt, make insolvent The move to the market nearly bankrupted the firm and its director.

noun

bankrupt person, debtor, insolvent Three years later he was declared a bankrupt.

Translations

bankrupt [ˈbæŋkrʌpt]

A. ADJ

1. (Jur) → en quiebra
to be bankrupt → estar en quiebra
to go bankrupt → ir a la bancarrota, quebrar
to be declared bankrupt → declararse en quiebra

2. (fig)

2.1. (= penniless) → sin un duro(Sp) , sin un peso(LAm)

2.2. (= deficient) spiritually/morally bankrupt → en franca decadencia espiritual/moral
to be bankrupt of ideas → estar totalmente falto de ideas

B. N (Jur) → quebrado/a m/f

C. VT

1. (Jur) → llevar a la quiebra

2. (fig) (= impoverish) → arruinar
to bankrupt o.s. buying pictures → arruinarse comprando cuadros

D. CPD bankrupt's estate N → activo m or masa f de la quiebra

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bankrupt [ˈbæŋkrəpt ˈbæŋkrʌpt]

adj

(financially) [person, company] → en faillite
to go bankrupt → faire faillite
to be declared bankrupt → être déclaré(e) en faillite
to be made bankrupt → être mis(e) en faillite

(fig) morally bankrupt → dépourvu(e) de moralité
spiritually bankrupt → dépourvu(e) de spiritualité

n (= person) → failli(e) m/f

vt [+ person, company] → mettre en faillite

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bankrupt

n

→ Gemein- or Konkursschuldner(in) m(f) (Jur), → Bankrotteur(in) m(f)

(fig) to be a moral bankrupt → moralisch bankrott sein

adj

(Jur) → bankrott; to go bankrupt → Bankrott machen, in Konkurs gehen; to be bankrupt → bankrott or pleite (inf) → sein

(fig) → bankrott; they are totally bankrupt of ideas → sie haben keinerlei Ideen

vt person, country → zugrunde or zu Grunde richten, ruinieren; firm also → in den Konkurs treiben

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bankrupt [ˈbæŋkrʌpt]

1. adj → fallito/a (fam) (penniless) → senza una lira
to go bankrupt → fallire, fare fallimento or bancarotta

2. n → fallito/a

3. vt → portare al fallimento

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bankrupt [ˈbæŋkrʌpt]

1. adj → fallito/a (fam) (penniless) → senza una lira
to go bankrupt → fallire, fare fallimento or bancarotta

2. n → fallito/a

3. vt → portare al fallimento

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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 konkurssissa oleva en faillite פוֹשֶט רֶגֶל दिवालिया bankrotirao csődbe jutott pailit, bangkrut gjaldþrota fallito 破産した 파산한 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 破产的

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 konkurssivelallinen failli/-ie פוֹשֶט רֶגֶל दिवालिया stečajnik tönkremegy orang pailit gjaldþrotamaður fallito 破産者 파산 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 破產人 банкрут کنگال، کنگلہ người phá sản 破产者

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 konkurssiin ruiner לִפשוֹט רֶגֶל दिवालिया होना dovesti do stečaja csődbe visz membuat pailit gera gjaldþrota rovinare 破産させる 파산하다 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 使破产

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 破产

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bankrupt → مُفلس nesolventní fallit bankrott χρεωκοπημένος en quiebra vararikossa oleva ruiné bankrotiran fallito 破産した 파산한 failliet konkurs zbankrutowany falido неплатежеспособный bankrutt ล้มละลาย müflis phá sản 破产