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bank·rupt
(băngk′rŭpt′, -rəpt)n.
1. Law A person, business, or organization legally declared insolvent because of inability to pay debts.
2. A person who is totally lacking in a specified resource or quality: an intellectual bankrupt.
adj.
1.
a. Having been legally declared insolvent.
b. Financially ruined; impoverished.
2.
a. Depleted of valuable qualities or characteristics: a morally and ethically bankrupt politician.
b. Totally depleted; destitute: was bankrupt of new ideas.
c. Being in a ruined state: a bankrupt foreign policy.
tr.v. bank·rupt·ed, bank·rupt·ing, bank·rupts
1. To cause to become financially bankrupt.
2. To ruin: an administration that bankrupted its credibility by seeking to manipulate the news.
[French banqueroute, from Italian banca rotta, broken counter (from the practice of breaking the counters of bankrupt bankers) : banca, moneychanger's table; see bank2 + rotta, feminine of rotto, past participle of rompere, to break (from Latin rumpere; see reup- in Indo-European roots).]
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bankrupt
(ˈbæŋkrʌpt; -rəpt)n
1. (Law) a person adjudged insolvent by a court, his or her property being transferred to a trustee and administered for the benefit of his creditors
2. (Banking & Finance) any person unable to discharge all his or her debts
3. a person whose resources in a certain field are exhausted or nonexistent: a spiritual bankrupt.
adj
4. (Law) adjudged insolvent
5. (Banking & Finance) financially ruined
6. depleted in resources or having completely failed: spiritually bankrupt.
7. (foll by of) Brit lacking: bankrupt of intelligence.
vb
(tr) to make bankrupt
[C16: from Old French banqueroute, from Old Italian bancarotta, from banca bank1 + rotta broken, from Latin ruptus, from rumpere to break]
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bank•rupt
(ˈbæŋk rʌpt, -rəpt)n.
1. a person who is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is divided among creditors under the bankruptcy laws.
2. any insolvent debtor; a person unable to satisfy any just claims made upon him or her.
3. a person lacking in a particular thing or quality: a moral bankrupt.
adj. 4. subject to legal process because of insolvency; insolvent.
5. lacking something; bereft (usu. fol. by of or in): bankrupt of compassion.
6. pertaining to bankruptcy.
v.t. 7. to make bankrupt.
[1525–35; Latinization of Middle French banqueroute or Italian banca rota literally, broken bank]
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bankrupt
Past participle: bankrupted
Gerund: bankrupting
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| Noun | 1. |  bankrupt - someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debtsnonstarter, unsuccessful person, loser, failure - a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently |
| Verb | 1. |  bankrupt - reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"impoverish - make poor |
| Adj. | 1. |  bankrupt - financially ruined; "a bankrupt company"; "the company went belly-up"insolvent - unable to meet or discharge financial obligations; "an insolvent person"; "an insolvent estate" |
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bankrupt
adjective
1. insolvent, broke (informal), spent, ruined, wiped out (informal), impoverished, beggared, in the red, on the rocks, destitute, gone bust (informal), in receivership, gone to the wall, in the hands of the receivers, on your uppers, in queer street He was finally declared bankrupt.
insolvent sound, wealthy, prosperous, solvent, in the money (informal), on the up and up
insolvent sound, wealthy, prosperous, solvent, in the money (informal), on the up and up
verb
1. ruin, break, impoverish, make bankrupt, make insolvent The move to the market nearly bankrupted the firm and its director.
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bankrupt
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Translations
المُفْلِس، العاجِز عَن دَفْعِ دُيونِهمُفْلِسمُفْلِس، عاجِز عن دَّفع ديونِهيُفلِس
bankrotářnesolventnípřivést na mizinuv úpadku
fallitgøre konkurskonkursfallent
vararikossa oleva
bankrotiran
csõdbe jutottcsõdbe visz
gera gjaldòrotagjaldòrotagjaldòrotamaîur
破産した
파산한
atvesti prie bankrotobankrotassubankrutavęssubankrutavęs žmogus
bankrotambankrotējisbankrotētbankrotētājsizputināt
zbankrotovaný/zruinovaný človek
bankroterbankrotiranbankrotirati
bankrutt
ล้มละลาย
batırmakbatkınbatmışiflasiflâs etmiş
phá sản
bankrupt
[ˈbæŋkrʌpt]A. ADJ
1. (Jur) → en quiebra
to be bankrupt → estar en quiebra
to go bankrupt → ir a la bancarrota, quebrar
to be declared bankrupt → declararse en quiebra
to be bankrupt → estar en quiebra
to go bankrupt → ir a la bancarrota, quebrar
to be declared bankrupt → declararse en quiebra
2. (fig)
2.1. (= penniless) → sin un duro (Sp) , sin un peso (LAm)
2.2. (= deficient) spiritually/morally bankrupt → en franca decadencia espiritual/moral
to be bankrupt of ideas → estar totalmente falto de ideas
to be bankrupt of ideas → estar totalmente falto de ideas
B. N (Jur) → quebrado/a m/f
C. VT
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bankrupt
[ˈbæŋkrəpt ˈbæŋkrʌpt] adj
(financially) [person, company] → en faillite
to go bankrupt → faire faillite
to be declared bankrupt → être déclaré(e) en faillite
to be made bankrupt → être mis(e) en faillite
to go bankrupt → faire faillite
to be declared bankrupt → être déclaré(e) en faillite
to be made bankrupt → être mis(e) en faillite
n (= person) → failli(e) m/f
vt [+ person, company] → mettre en faillite
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bankrupt
n
→ Gemein- or Konkursschuldner(in) m(f) (Jur), → Bankrotteur(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bankrupt
[ˈbæŋkrʌpt]1. adj → fallito/a (fam) (penniless) → senza una lira
to go bankrupt → fallire, fare fallimento or bancarotta
to go bankrupt → fallire, fare fallimento or bancarotta
2. n → fallito/a
3. vt → portare al fallimento
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bankrupt
(ˈbӕŋkrapt) adjective unable to pay one's debts. He has been declared bankrupt.
noun a person who is unable to pay his debts.
verb to make bankrupt. His wife's extravagance soon bankrupted him.
ˈbankruptcy nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
bankrupt
→ مُفْلِس nesolventní fallit bankrott χρεωκοπημένος en quiebra vararikossa oleva ruiné bankrotiran fallito 破産した 파산한 failliet konkurs zbankrutowany falido неплатежеспособный bankrutt ล้มละลาย iflas phá sản 破产Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009