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bankrupt
[ bangk-ruhpt, -ruhpt ]
noun
- Law. a person who upon their own petition or that of their creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among their creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- any insolvent debtor; a person unable to satisfy any just claims made upon them.
- a person who is lacking in a particular thing or quality:
a moral bankrupt.
adjective
- Law. subject to or under legal process because of insolvency; insolvent.
Synonyms: ,
- at the end of one's resources; lacking (usually followed by of or in ):
bankrupt of compassion;
bankrupt in good manners.
- related to the act or process of being adjudged insolvent by a court and having one's property andministered for and divided among one's creditors.
verb (used with object)
- to make insolvent:
His embezzlement bankrupted the company.
bankrupt
/ ˈbæŋkrʌpt; -rəpt /
noun
- 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
adjective
- adjudged insolvent
- financially ruined
- depleted in resources or having completely failed
spiritually bankrupt
- foll by of lacking
bankrupt of intelligence
verb
- tr to make bankrupt
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è²õ±ð³Üd´Ç·²ú²¹²Ô°ì۳ܱè³Ù adjective
- ±ç³Ü²¹î€È´¾±-²ú²¹²Ô°ì۳ܱè³Ù adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bankrupt1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bankrupt1
Example Sentences
Since going bankrupt in 2011, Strasbourg, who climbed back to the top flight from the amateur fifth tier, built a strong fan-centric culture with former France international Marc Keller as president.
He thought that, if in power, they would turn South Korea into an authoritarian communist state and bankrupt the country.
Caller was brought in by the previous Conservative government in 2023, when the council declared itself essentially bankrupt, having paid out more than £1bn in equal pay claims.
Convicted sex offender Gary Glitter has been declared bankrupt after failing to pay more than £500,000 to a woman he abused when she was 12, her lawyers have said.
Ernest Hemingway once described going bankrupt as something that happens gradually ... and then suddenly.
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