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1. (n.) bankruptcy
the state of being bankrupt.
2. bankruptcy
utter ruin or failure.
Etymology: (1690–1700)
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| Definition of 'bankruptcy' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bankruptcy
a state of complete lack of some abstract property
"spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy"; "intellectual bankruptcy"
2. (noun) bankruptcy, failure
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
"the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"
3. (noun) bankruptcy
a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent
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1. (noun) bankruptcy
the state of being bankrupt
a company in bankruptcy; bankruptcies in the insurance industry
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| Definition of 'bankruptcy' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) bankruptcy
the state of being actually or legally bankrupt
2. (noun) bankruptcy
the act or process of becoming a bankrupt
3. (noun) bankruptcy
complete loss; -- followed by of
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| Definition of 'bankruptcy' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. bankruptcy
The state of legal insolvency with assets taken over by judicial process so that they may be distributed among creditors.
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Sense: to make bankrupt
His wife's extravagance soon bankrupted him.
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 Afrikaans: bankrotskap, insolvensie |
 Arabic: إِفْلاس |
 Bulgarian: фалит |
 Brazilian: falência |
 Czech: bankrot,úpadek |
 German: der Bankrott |
 Danish: konkurs; fallit |
 Greek: πτώχευση |
 Spanish: quiebra, insolvencia |
 Estonian: pankrot |
 Farsi: ورشکستگی |
 Finnish: konkurssi |
 French: faillite |
 Hebrew: פּשִיטַת רֶגֶל |
 Hindi: दिवाला |
 Croatian: bankrot |
 Hungarian: csőd |
 Indonesian: pailit, kebangkrutan |
 Icelandic: gjaldþrot |
 Italian: bancarotta |
 Japanese: 破産 |
 Korean: 파산 |
 Lithuanian: bankrotas |
 Latvian: bankrots |
 Malay: kemuflisan |
 Dutch: faillissement |
 Norwegian: konkurs, fallitt |
 Polish: bankructwo |
 Persian: ورشکستگی |
 Pashto: مفلسي، نيستي |
 Portuguese: falência |
 Romanian: bancrută, faliment |
 Russian: банкротство |
 Slovak: bankrot,úpadok |
 Slovenian: bankrot |
 Serbian: bankrotstvo |
 Swedish: bankrutt, konkurs |
 Thai: การล้มละลาย |
 Turkish: iflâs |
 Taiwanese: 破產 |
 Ukrainian: банкрутство |
 Urdu: دوالہ نکل جانا، دیوالیہ ہ |
 Vietnamese: sự phá sản |
 Chinese: 破产 |
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