to be declared bankrupt

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• bankrupt — bank·rupt 1 / baŋ ˌkrəpt/ n: a debtor (as an individual or organization) whose property is subject to administration under the bankruptcy laws for the benefit of the debtor s creditors was adjudicated a bankrupt see also debtor bankrupt 2 adj:… …   Law dictionary

• 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

• 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 — / 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 …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• bankrupt — 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… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bankrupt — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, go ▪ Hundreds of companies went bankrupt during the recession. ▪ declare sb, make sb ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• bankrupt — 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 …   Thesaurus of popular words

• bankrupt — ► ADJECTIVE 1) declared in law unable to pay one s debts. 2) completely lacking in a particular good quality or value: morally bankrupt. ► NOUN ▪ a person legally declared as bankrupt. ► VERB ▪ reduce to a bankrupt state. DERIVATIVES …   English terms dictionary

• bankrupt — [baŋk′rupt΄, baŋk′rəpt] n. [Fr banqueroute < It banca rotta < banca, bench (see BANK1) + rotta, broken < L rupta, fem. pp. of rumpere, to break: see RUPTURE] 1. a person legally declared unable to pay his or her debts: the property of a… …   English World dictionary

• Bankrupt — Bank rupt, n. [F. banqueroute, fr. It. bancarotta bankruptcy; banca bank (fr. OHG. banch, G. bank, bench) + rotta broken, fr. L. ruptus, p. p. of rumpere to break. At Florence, it is said, the bankrupt had his bench (i.e., money table) broken.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bankrupt — 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary