bankrupt
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Synonyms: bankrupts, bank up, bankrupcy
Antonyms: bankrupts, bank up, bankrupcy
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Adjective
- {{lb|en|finance|of a [[person]], [[company]], etc.}} In a condition of [[bankruptcy]]; unable to pay outstanding [[debts]] or meet [[financial]] [[obligations]]; specifically, having been legally declared [[insolvent]]. {{defdate|from 1565}}
- {{lb|en|figurative}} [[destitute|Destitute]] of, or wholly [[lack]]ing a good [[quality]], [[value]], etc. one should possess or once possessed. {{defdate|from 1567}}
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To force into [[bankruptcy]].
- {{lb|en|card games}} to get [[placed]] last in [[Tycoon]] with the [[bankruptcy]] [[rule]]
Noun
- One who becomes unable to pay his or her [[debt]]s; an [[insolvent]] person; a [[bankruptee]].
- {{lb|en|UK|legal|obsolete}} A [[trader]] who [[secrete]]s himself, or does certain other acts tending to [[defraud]] his [[creditor]]s.
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