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bankruptcy

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈbæŋ.kɹʌp(t).si//
  • United States//ˈbæŋkˌɹʌp(t).si//
  • United States//ˈbæŋk.ɹəp(t).si//
  • //ˈbeɪ̯ŋkˌɹʌp(t).si//
  • //ˈbɛ̃ŋk.ɹəp(t).si//

A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

noun

  1. 1

    A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

    The company ended up filing for bankruptcy.

    He declared that these drastic steps would undoubtedly inconvenience a good many people, but the alternative was bankruptcy of the Ulster Transport Authority and the breakdown of public transport services.

  2. 2

    A rule in Tycoon where if the top player does not get first place that round, they instantly get last place

Etymology

From bankrupt + -cy, replacing earlier bankruptship.

Forms

plural
bankruptcies
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).