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Definitions for Bankrupt
[1] Law . a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
[2] any insolvent debtor; a person unable to satisfy any just claims made upon him or her.
[3] a person who is lacking in a particular thing or quality: a moral bankrupt.
[4] Law . subject to or under legal process because of insolvency; insolvent.
[5] at the end of one's resources; lacking (usually followed by of or in ): bankrupt of compassion; bankrupt in good manners.
[6] pertaining to bankrupts or bankruptcy.
[7] to make bankrupt: His embezzlement bankrupted the company.
[8] a person adjudged insolvent by a court, his or her property being transferred to a trustee and administered for the benefit of his creditors
[9] any person unable to discharge all his or her debts
[10] a person whose resources in a certain field are exhausted or nonexistent a spiritual bankrupt
[11] adjudged insolvent
[12] financially ruined
[13] depleted in resources or having completely failed spiritually bankrupt
[14] (foll by of) British lacking bankrupt of intelligence
[15] (tr) to make bankrupt
Words related to Bankrupt
insolvent, destitute, broke, failed, lacking, lost, exhausted, spent, ruined, impoverished
Words nearby Bankrupt
banking principle, bankit, banknote, bankroll, bankroller, bankrupt, bankrupt worm, bankruptcy, bankruptcy order, banks, banks island
Origin of Bankrupt
1525–35; < 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 , adjective
qua·si-bank·rupt , adjective
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
Synonyms for Bankrupt
broke, destitute, failed, insolvent, depleted, exhausted, impoverished, lacking, lost, ruined, spent, in Chapter 11, out of business, tapped out