bankrupt
21bankrupt — /bangk rupt, reuhpt/, n. 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.… …
22bankrupt — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, go ▪ Hundreds of companies went bankrupt during the recession. ▪ declare sb, make sb ▪ …
23bankrupt — / bæŋkrʌpt/ noun, adjective (a person) who has been declared by a court not to be capable of paying his or her debts and whose affairs are put into the hands of a receiver ● a bankrupt property developer ● She was adjudicated or declared bankrupt …
24bankrupt — adjective 1》 declared in law unable to pay one s debts. 2》 completely lacking in a particular good quality or value: the cause is morally bankrupt. noun a person judged by a court to be bankrupt. verb reduce to a bankrupt state. Derivatives… …
25bankrupt — bank•rupt [[t]ˈbæŋk rʌpt, rəpt[/t]] n. 1) law 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… …
26bankrupt — adj. to go bankrupt * * * [ bæŋkrʌpt] to go bankrupt …
27bankrupt — bank·rupt || bæŋkrÊŒpt n. one who was unable to repay debts and whose property has been divided among his creditors v. make bankrupt, ruin financially; go bankrupt, go broke adj. lacking, deficient; insolvent, unable to pay one s debts …
28bankrupt — 1. adjective 1) the company was declared bankrupt Syn: insolvent, failed, ruined, in debt, owing money, in the red, in arrears, in receivership; informal bust, belly up, broke, cash strapped, flat broke Ant: solvent …
29bankrupt — The state or condition of a person (individual, partnership, corporation, municipality) who is unable to pay its debts as they are, or become, due. The condition of one whose circumstances are such that he is entitled to take the benefit of the… …
30bankrupt — The state or condition of a person (individual, partnership, corporation, municipality) who is unable to pay its debts as they are, or become, due. The condition of one whose circumstances are such that he is entitled to take the benefit of the… …
