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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bank•rupt /ˈbæŋkrʌpt, -rəpt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Lawa person found by a court to be unable to pay debts and whose property is divided among creditors.
adj. - Lawnot having enough money to pay debts.
v. [~ + object] - to make bankrupt.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bank•rupt (bangk′rupt, -rəpt),USA pronunciation n. - Lawa person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- any insolvent debtor;
a person unable to satisfy any just claims made upon him or her. - a person who is lacking in a particular thing or quality:a moral bankrupt.
adj. - Lawsubject to or under legal process because of insolvency;
insolvent. - at the end of one's resources;
lacking (usually fol. by of or in):bankrupt of compassion; bankrupt in good manners. - pertaining to bankrupts or bankruptcy.
v.t. - to make bankrupt:His embezzlement bankrupted the company.
- Medieval Latin banca rupta bank broken; replacing adaptations of Italian banca rota and French banqueroute in same sense
- 1525–35
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged destitute, impoverished.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bankrupt /ˈbæŋkrʌpt -rəpt/ n - a person adjudged insolvent by a court, his or her property being transferred to a trustee and administered for the benefit of his creditors
- any person unable to discharge all his or her debts
- a person whose resources in a certain field are exhausted or nonexistent: a spiritual bankrupt
adj - adjudged insolvent
- financially ruined
- depleted in resources or having completely failed: spiritually bankrupt
- (followed by of) Brit lacking: bankrupt of intelligence
vb - (transitive) to make bankrupt
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French banqueroute, from Old Italian bancarotta, from banca bank1 + rotta broken, from Latin ruptus, from rumpere to break |