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bankrupt

Syllabification: (bank·rupt)
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Definition of bankrupt

adjective

  • 1(of a person or organization) declared in law unable to pay outstanding debts:the company was declared bankrupt his father went bankrupt and the family had to sell their home
  • impoverished or depleted:a bankrupt country with no natural resources
  • 2completely lacking in a particular quality or value:their cause is morally bankrupt

noun

  • a person judged by a court to be insolvent, whose property is taken and disposed of for the benefit of creditors.

verb

[with object]
  • reduce (a person or organization) to bankruptcy:the strike nearly bankrupted the union

Origin:

mid 16th century: from Italian banca rotta 'broken bench', from banca (see bank2) and rompere 'to break'. The change in the ending was due to association with Latin rupt- 'broken'

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