bankrupt

adjectiveverbnouncommon in dialogue

//ˈbæŋk.ɹəpt//
//ˈbæŋk.ɹʌpt//
//ˈbeɪ̯ŋk.ɹəpt//
//ˈbeɪ̯ŋk.ɹʌpt//

In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent.

adjective

1
In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent.
a bankrupt merchant
"How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly."
2
figurativeDestitute of, or wholly lacking a good quality, value, etc. one should possess or once possessed.
a morally bankrupt politician
a creatively bankrupt endeavor
O Julia! I am bankrupt in gratitude! but the time is ſo preſſing, it calls on you for ſo haſty a reſolution.

Etymology

Partial calque of Italian bancarotta (literally “a broken bench”), from banca (“bank”, literally “bench”) + rotta (“broken, rupted”), which refers to an out-of-business bank, having its bench physically broken, signifying that the working moneylender was insolvent.

verb

1
To force into bankruptcy.
The cost of the Mendip line had, however, bankrupted the S.D.R. [Somerset & Dorset Railway], and it was leased to the two larger companies for 999 years in 1875, and named the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway.
2
to get placed last in Tycoon with the bankruptcy rule

noun

1
One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person; a bankruptee.
2
obsoleteA trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.

Forms

plural: bankrupts
comparative: more bankrupt
superlative: most bankrupt
past tense: bankrupted
past participle: bankrupted
present participle: bankrupting
third person singular: bankrupts

banker · One who conducts the business of banking; one who,…Banker · A native or resident of the Outer Banks of North Carolina.banking · The business of managing a bank.

bankrupt · In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent.

bankruptcy · A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a…Banks · An English toponymic surname for someone who lives near a…banned · Forbidden; not allowed.

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