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bankrupt

bank·rupt

UK/ˈbæŋk.ɹəpt/ US/ˈbæŋk.ɹʌpt/ fairly common uk
adjective (1) verb (1) noun (1)

adjective

1.

financially ruined

  • “a bankrupt company”
  • “the company went belly-up”
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verb

1.

reduce to bankruptcy

  • “My daughter”
  • “;”
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noun

1.

someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

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Origin

Partial calque of Italian bancarotta (literally “a broken bench”), from banca (“bank”, literally “bench”) + rotta (“broken, rupted”), which refers to an out-of-business bank, having its bench physically broken, signifying that the working moneylender was insolvent.

Phrases

  • bankrupt cart
  • bankrupt worm
  • go bankrupt
  • morally bankrupt

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