bankrupting (verb)

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• bankrupt — 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… …   Financial and business terms

• pension sb off — UK US pension sb off Phrasal Verb with pension({{}}/ˈpenʃən/ verb UK INFORMAL ► to make someone leave their job, usually because of their age or health, and pay them a pension: »Despite almost bankrupting the business, the Chairman has been… …   Financial and business terms

• bankrupt — 1530s (n., bankrupt person ); 1560s (adj.), from It. banca rotta, lit. a broken bench, from banca moneylender s shop, lit. bench (see BANK (Cf. bank) (1)) + rotta broken, defeated, interrupted from (and remodeled on) L. rupta, fem. pp. of rumpere …   Etymology dictionary

• bankrupt — [[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 …   English dictionary

• bankrupt — 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… …   English dictionary