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
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 BEAST
Now-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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