Definition of Bankrupt

1. Adjective. Financially ruined. "The company went belly-up"

Exact synonyms: Belly-up
Similar to: Insolvent

2. Verb. Reduce to bankruptcy. "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
Exact synonyms: Break, Ruin, Smash
Generic synonyms: Impoverish
Derivative terms: Bankruptcy

3. Noun. Someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts.
Exact synonyms: Insolvent
Generic synonyms: Failure, Loser, Nonstarter, Unsuccessful Person

Definition of Bankrupt

1. n. A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.

2. a. Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant.

3. v. t. To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to impoverish.

Definition of Bankrupt

1. Adjective. having been legally declared insolvent. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To force into bankruptcy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bankrupt

1. to impoverish [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: impoverish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bankrupt

bankit
bankits
bankless
banklike
banknote
banknotes
bankr.
bankroll
bankrolled
bankroller
bankrollers
bankrolling
bankrolls
bankrupcies
bankrupcy
bankrupt (current term)
bankrupt cart
bankrupt carts
bankruptcies
bankruptcy
bankrupted
bankrupting
bankrupts
banksia
banksia rose
banksias
bankside
banksides
banksman
banksmen

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