bankrupt
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.
Law. subject to or under legal process because of insolvency; insolvent.
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.
to make insolvent: His embezzlement bankrupted the company.
Origin of bankrupt
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- pseu·do·bank·rupt, adjective
- quasi-bankrupt, adjective
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How to use bankrupt in a sentence
While serving on the bench for more than 25 years, Fitzgerald oversaw multibillion-dollar coverage disputes waged between bankrupt companies and their insurers.
Got interruption insurance? These companies found it’s useless in the age of COVID-19 | Bernhard Warner | September 12, 2020 | FortuneSoftBank-backed OneWeb got hundreds of satellites in orbit but went bankrupt earlier this year and was bought by a group led by the British government.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Internet service, Starlink, officially reveals download speeds | Aaron Pressman | September 3, 2020 | FortuneYou know, if you’ve got a parking lot and you go bankrupt — well, the parking lot gets transferred to your creditors and they’ll develop the parking lot.
Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research? (Ep. 430) | Stephen J. Dubner | August 27, 2020 | FreakonomicsIt allows you, if you’re confronted with a medical issue and your insurance is not up to par, it allows you to be able to deal with that health issue without the risk of going bankrupt.
Should America (and FIFA) Pay Reparations? (Ep. 426) | Stephen J. Dubner | July 16, 2020 | FreakonomicsThe company shifted its focus away from South America toward the United States, plunging cash instead in Texas-based projects like Oncor Electric Delivery, the state’s once bankrupt and largest transmission and distribution electric utility.
Environment Report: The Latest Power Struggles for SDG&E and Sempra | MacKenzie Elmer | June 29, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
These are men who now have wives and children, and their silence so many years later shows how morally bankrupt they remain.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything | Liz Seccuro | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfterward he went bankrupt and said the stress caused him to split from his girlfriend.
Family's Best Friend Charged With Murdering Them All | Nina Strochlic | November 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was that we have serious fiscal problems that are going to bankrupt cities and towns—literally—and hurt a lot of people.
Meet Gina Raimondo, the Only Democratic Star of 2014 | David Freedlander | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy the late summer, AIG was functionally bankrupt—unable to meet financial obligations or raise new cash.
Remember the $182 Billion AIG Bailout? It Just Wasn’t Generous Enough | Daniel Gross | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy the time the airline declared itself bankrupt in 1991, more than 90,000 people, including Ronald Reagan, were still waiting.
Sky Wars: Richard Branson’s Rival in the Great Space Race | Tom Sykes | October 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyAny person who owes debts, or business corporation, may become a voluntary bankrupt.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThe judge or referee must be present at this meeting, also the bankrupt if required by the court.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThen follows the first meeting of the bankrupt's creditors, within thirty days after the adjudication.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesWhatever property on which a levy could have been made by judicial process against the bankrupt passes to the trustee.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
British Dictionary definitions for bankrupt
/ (ˈbæŋkrʌpt, -rəpt) /
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
adjudged insolvent
financially ruined
depleted in resources or having completely failed: spiritually bankrupt
(foll by of) British lacking: bankrupt of intelligence
(tr) to make bankrupt
Origin of bankrupt
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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