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
1Other words for bankrupt
Other words from bankrupt
- pseu·do·bank·rupt, adjective
- quasi-bankrupt, adjective
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How to use bankrupt in a sentence
In other words, as Grayson said, die quickly before your illness bankrupts your friends and family.
With submission, I question not but it would prevent a great number of bankrupts, which now fall by divers causes.
An Essay upon Projects | Daniel Defoe"Such dealing makes fewest bankrupts," said Heffernan, coolly.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) | Charles James LeverThe result is that a certain percentage of bankrupts do regularly set fire to their stores.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairBut it became apparent that the new country did not appeal simply to broken-down farmers, bankrupts, and ne'er-do-wells.
The Old Northwest | Frederic Austin Ogg
Americans, especially, overcheck their deposits of vitality, and as bankrupts they struggle to transact daily duties.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment | Charles E. Bolton
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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