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bankrupt

[ bangk-ruhpt, -ruhpt ]
/ ˈbæŋk rʌpt, -rəpt /
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noun
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.
adjective
verb (used with object)
to make insolvent: His embezzlement bankrupted the company.
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Origin of bankrupt

First recorded in 1525–35; from Medieval Latin banca rupta “bank broken”; replacing adaptations of Italian banca rota and French banqueroute in same sense

OTHER WORDS FROM bankrupt

pseu·do·bank·rupt, adjectivequasi-bankrupt, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for bankrupt

bankrupt
/ (ˈbæŋkrʌpt, -rəpt) /

noun
adjective
verb
(tr) to make bankrupt

Word Origin for bankrupt

C16: from Old French banqueroute, from Old Italian bancarotta, from banca bank 1 + rotta broken, from Latin ruptus, from rumpere to break
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