bankrupt
verb
- to reduce to bankruptcy
adjective
- reduced to a state of financial ruin
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋk.ɹəpt/ / /ˈbæŋk.ɹʌpt/ / /ˈbeɪ̯ŋk.ɹəpt/
adj
Etymology: Partial calque of Italian bancarotta (literally “a broken bench”), from banca (“bank”, literally “bench”) + rotta (“broken, rupted”), which refers to an out-of-business bank, having its bench physically broken, signifying that the working moneylender was insolvent.
- In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent.
“a bankrupt merchant”
“"How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly."”
- Destitute of, or wholly lacking a good quality, value, etc. one should possess or once possessed.
“a morally bankrupt politician”
“a creatively bankrupt endeavor”
noun
Etymology: Partial calque of Italian bancarotta (literally “a broken bench”), from banca (“bank”, literally “bench”) + rotta (“broken, rupted”), which refers to an out-of-business bank, having its bench physically broken, signifying that the working moneylender was insolvent.
- One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person; a bankruptee.
- A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
verb
Etymology: Partial calque of Italian bancarotta (literally “a broken bench”), from banca (“bank”, literally “bench”) + rotta (“broken, rupted”), which refers to an out-of-business bank, having its bench physically broken, signifying that the working moneylender was insolvent.
- To force into bankruptcy.
“The cost of the Mendip line had, however, bankrupted the S.D.R. [Somerset & Dorset Railway], and it was leased to the two larger companies for 999 years in 1875, and named the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway.”
- to get placed last in Tycoon with the bankruptcy rule