bankruptcy
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bank·rupt·cy
(băngk′rəpt-sē, -rəp-sē)n.
1. The state of being bankrupt.
2. A legal proceeding that allows for a person or entity to be declared bankrupt.
3. The system of adjudication that declares instances of bankruptcy: went into bankruptcy.
bankruptcy
(ˈbæŋkrʌptsɪ; -rəptsɪ)n, pl -cies
the state, condition, or quality of being or becoming bankrupt
bank•rupt•cy
(ˈbæŋk rʌpt si, -rəp si)n., pl. -cies.
1. the state of being bankrupt.
2. utter ruin or failure.
[1690–1700]
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Noun | 1. | bankruptcy - a state of complete lack of some abstract property; "spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy"; "intellectual bankruptcy" failure - lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure" |
2. | ![]() insolvency - the lack of financial resources | |
3. | ![]() legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings - (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
bankruptcy
noun
1. insolvency, failure, crash, disaster, ruin, liquidation, indebtedness Many established firms were facing bankruptcy.
2. emptiness, want, vacuum, deficiency, void, shortcoming, deprivation, dearth, destitution, vacuity The massacre laid bare the moral bankruptcy of the regime.
bankruptcy
nounThe condition of being financially insolvent:
Translations
إِفْلاس
bankrotúpadek
fallitkonkursbankerot
konkurssivararikko
csõd
gjaldòrot
surseance van betaling
bankrot
bankrot
konkurs
iflâs
bankruptcy
[ˈbæŋkrəptsɪ]A. N
1. (Jur) → quiebra f
B. CPD bankruptcy court N (Brit) → tribunal m de quiebras
bankruptcy proceedings NPL → juicio m de insolvencia
bankruptcy proceedings NPL → juicio m de insolvencia
bankruptcy
[ˈbænkrʌptsi ˈbæŋkrəptsi] nbankruptcy
n
(Jur) → Bankrott m, → Konkurs m; (instance) → Konkurs m; the possibility of bankruptcy → die Möglichkeit eines or des Bankrotts or Konkurses
(fig) → Bankrott m
bankruptcy
:Bankruptcy Court
n → Konkursgericht nt
bankruptcy proceedings
pl → Konkursverfahren nt
bankrupt
(ˈbӕŋkrapt) adjective unable to pay one's debts. He has been declared bankrupt.
noun a person who is unable to pay his debts.
verb to make bankrupt. His wife's extravagance soon bankrupted him.
ˈbankruptcy noun