BANKRUPT
\bˈaŋkɹʌpt], \bˈaŋkɹʌpt], \b_ˈa_ŋ_k_ɹ_ʌ_p_t]\
Definitions of BANKRUPT
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
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financially ruined; "a bankrupt company"; "the company went belly-up"
By Princeton University
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A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
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A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person.
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A person who, in accordance with the terms of a law relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially declared to be unable to meet his liabilities.
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Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant.
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Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting pecuniary liabilities; as, a bankrupt treasury.
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Relating to bankrupts and bankruptcy.
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Destitute of, or wholly wanting (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
By Oddity Software
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A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
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A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person.
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A person who, in accordance with the terms of a law relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially declared to be unable to meet his liabilities.
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Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant.
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Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting pecuniary liabilities; as, a bankrupt treasury.
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Relating to bankrupts and bankruptcy.
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Destitute of, or wholly wanting (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
By Noah Webster.
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A person legally declared to be unable to pay his debts.
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Unable to meet one's obligations; insolvent.
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To exhaust the financial credit of; to impoverish; as, to bankrupt a corporation.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Unable to pay one's debts; insolvent.
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One who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person.
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To break one in trade; to make insolvent.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Any one who becomes unable to pay his just debts.
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Declared to be in debt beyond the power of payment.
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To disable one from paying the claims of his creditors.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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