Make bankrupt
1Bankrupt — Bank rupt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bankrupted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bankrupting}.] To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to impoverish. [1913 Webster] …
2bankrupt — /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… …
3bankrupt — /bangk rupt, reuhpt/, n. 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 administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law. 2.… …
4bankrupt — bank•rupt [[t]ˈbæŋk rʌpt, rəpt[/t]] n. 1) law a person who is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is divided among creditors under the bankruptcy laws 2) any insolvent debtor; a person unable to satisfy any just claims made upon him… …
5bankrupt — bank·rupt || bæŋkrÊŒpt n. one who was unable to repay debts and whose property has been divided among his creditors v. make bankrupt, ruin financially; go bankrupt, go broke adj. lacking, deficient; insolvent, unable to pay one s debts …
6bankrupt — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 a insolvent; declared in law unable to pay debts. b undergoing the legal process resulting from this. 2 (often foll. by of) exhausted or drained (of some quality etc.); deficient, lacking. n. 1 a an insolvent person whose… …
7bankrupt — 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:… …
8bankrupt — 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… …
9bankrupt — 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… …
10bankrupt — 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… …
