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noun bank·rupt \ˈbaŋk-(ˌ)rəpt\

Definition of bankrupt

  1. 1a :  a person who has done any of the acts that by law entitle creditors to have his or her estate administered for their benefitb :  a person judicially declared subject to having his or her estate administered under the bankrupt laws for the benefit of creditorsc :  a person who becomes insolvent

  2. 2 :  a person who is completely lacking in a particular desirable quality or attribute a moral bankrupt

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Examples of bankrupt in a sentence

  1. As a lawyer, she specialized in working with bankrupts.

Origin and Etymology of bankrupt

modification of Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French banqueroute bankruptcy, from Old Italian bancarotta, from banca bank + rotta broken, from Latin rupta, feminine of ruptus, past participle of rumpere to break — more at bank, reave


First Known Use: 1638

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adjective bank·rupt

Definition of bankrupt

  1. 1a :  reduced to a state of financial ruin :  impoverished; specifically :  legally declared a bankrupt the company went bankruptb :  of or relating to bankrupts or bankruptcy bankrupt laws

  2. 2a :  broken, ruined a bankrupt professional careerb :  exhausted of valuable qualities :  sterile a bankrupt old culturec :  destitute —used with of or in bankrupt of all merciful feelings

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Examples of bankrupt in a sentence

  1. The lawsuit could leave them bankrupt.

  2. she's a kind soul, but bankrupt of all common sense, I'm afraid

1565

First Known Use of bankrupt

1565

bankrupt Synonyms

Synonyms
devoid, bare, barren, bereft, destitute, void
Antonyms
filled, flush, fraught, full, replete, rife
Related Words
blank, empty, innocent, stark, vacant, wanting; deficient, fragmental, fragmentary, incomplete, insufficient, partial, short; absent, missing
Near Antonyms
furnished, provided, supplied; brimming, bulging, bursting, chock-full (or chockful), crammed, crowded, fat, jammed, jam-packed, loaded, packed, saturated, stuffed; abounding, swarming, teeming, thick, thronging

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actuary, compound interest, globalization, indemnity, portfolio, rentier, stagflation, usurer

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verb bank·rupt

Definition of bankrupt

  1. transitive verb

  2. 1 :  to reduce to bankruptcy

  3. 2 :  impoverish defections had bankrupted the party of its brainpower

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Examples of bankrupt in a sentence

  1. Several risky deals bankrupted the company.

  2. several bad investments bankrupted him

Circa 1625

First Known Use of bankrupt

circa 1625

bankrupt Synonyms

Synonyms
ruin, break, bust
Related Words
beggar, impoverish, pauperize; reduce, straiten; clean (out), wipe out
Near Antonyms
enrich, richen

Synonym Discussion of bankrupt

deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish, bankrupt mean to deprive of something essential to existence or potency. deplete implies a reduction in number or quantity so as to endanger the ability to function. depleting our natural resources drain implies a gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence. personal tragedy had drained him of all spirit exhaust stresses a complete emptying. her lecture exhausted the subject impoverish suggests a deprivation of something essential to richness or productiveness. impoverished soil bankrupt suggests impoverishment to the point of imminent collapse. war had bankrupted the nation of resources

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actuary, compound interest, globalization, indemnity, portfolio, rentier, stagflation, usurer

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BANKRUPT Defined for English Language Learners

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noun bank·rupt \ˈbaŋk-(ˌ)rəpt\

Definition of bankrupt for English Language Learners

  • : a person, business, etc., that is unable to pay debts

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adjective bank·rupt

Definition of bankrupt for English Language Learners

  • : unable to pay debts

  • —used to say that someone or something completely lacks a good or desired quality

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verb bank·rupt

Definition of bankrupt for English Language Learners

  • : to cause (a person, business, etc.) to be unable to pay debts : to make (someone or something) bankrupt

BANKRUPT Defined for Kids

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adjective bank·rupt \ˈbaŋk-ˌrəpt\

Definition of bankrupt for Students

  1. :  not having enough money to pay debts

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verb bank·rupt

Definition of bankrupt for Students

bankrupted

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bankrupting

  1. :  to cause to not have enough money to pay debts That last risky deal bankrupted the company.

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noun bank·rupt

Definition of bankrupt for Students

  1. :  a person or business that does not have enough money to pay debts

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noun bank·rupt \ˈbaŋ-ˌkrəpt\

Legal Definition of bankrupt

  1. :  a debtor (as an individual or organization) whose property is subject to administration under the bankruptcy laws for the benefit of the debtor's creditors was adjudicated a bankrupt — see also debtor

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adjective bank·rupt

Legal Definition of bankrupt

  1. :  ruined financially; especially :  judicially declared a bankrupt the company is bankrupt — compare insolvent

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transitive verb bank·rupt

Legal Definition of bankrupt

  1. :  to reduce to bankruptcy was bankrupted by attorney's fees

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