Bankrupt
11bankrupt — a debtor, who has volunteered or been forced to appear before a Bankruptcy Court and has been judged insolvent, because s/he has insufficient assets to meet the demands of all creditors. Glossary of Business Terms * * * ▪ I. bankrupt bank‧rupt 1… …
12bankrupt — I UK [ˈbæŋkrʌpt] / US [ˈbæŋkˌrʌpt] adjective * 1) a) a person or business that is bankrupt has officially admitted that they have no money and cannot pay what they owe bankrupt farmers go bankrupt: Many of the companies that they had invested in… …
13bankrupt — bank|rupt1 [ˈbæŋkrʌpt] adj 1.) without enough money to pay what you owe = ↑insolvent ▪ The firm went bankrupt before the building work was completed. ▪ In 1977 he was declared bankrupt (=by a court) . ▪ Mr Trent lost his house when he was made… …
14bankrupt — bank|rupt1 [ bæŋk,rʌpt ] adjective * 1. ) a person or business that is bankrupt has officially admitted that they have no money and cannot pay what they owe: bankrupt farmers go bankrupt: Many of the companies that they had invested in went… …
15bankrupt — [[t]bæ̱ŋkrʌpt[/t]] bankrupts, bankrupting, bankrupted 1) ADJ People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts. If the firm cannot sell its products, it will go bankrupt... He was declared bankrupt after failing …
16bankrupt — I. noun Etymology: modification of Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French banqueroute bankruptcy, from Old Italian bancarotta, from banca bank + rotta broken, from Latin rupta, feminine of ruptus, past participle of rumpere to break more at… …
17bankrupt — 01. His company went [bankrupt] because they couldn t keep up with the changing market. 02. She lost $5,000 in tuition when the private language school she was attending went [bankrupt]. 03. The company s [bankruptcy] was due to its inability to… …
18bankrupt — /ˈbæŋkrʌpt / (say bangkrupt) noun 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 therefore to be administered by a trustee for the benefit of the creditors… …
19bankrupt — 1 adjective 1 unable to pay your debts: Seventeen years of war left the country bankrupt. 2 go bankrupt to be unable to pay your debts and to have to sell your property and goods: The recession has made many small companies go bankrupt. 3… …
20bankrupt — [ˈbæŋkrʌpt] adj I a person or business that is bankrupt has officially admitted that they have no money and cannot pay what they owe Syn: insolvent II noun [C] bankrupt [ˈbæŋkrʌpt] someone who is officially bankrupt III verb [T] bankrupt… …
