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[ US /ˈbæŋkɹəpt/ ]
[ UK /bˈæŋkɹʌpt/ ]
NOUN
  1. someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
ADJECTIVE
  1. financially ruined
    a bankrupt company
    the company went belly-up
VERB
  1. reduce to bankruptcy
    My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!
    The slump in the financial markets smashed him

How To Use bankrupt In A Sentence

  • This, coupled with a lack of accounting controls, led the district into bankruptcy.
  • Mum has been a lot more cheerful since Quigley was declared bankrupt, insane and guilty of fraud.
  • The healthy but lazy who claim incapacity benefit are just as morally bankrupt as those benefiting from offshore tax havens. Times, Sunday Times
  • His bankruptcy or winding-up usually abrogates the agreement, and may restore to the bank its right to combine the accounts without notice.
  • What a truly American story, as Elizabeth went on to become a Harvard Law Professor and expert on finance and bankruptcy law, writing and coauthoring 4 books on finance. Pearl Korn: Lessons Learned From The Appointment Of Elizabeth Warren
  • There is increased speculation this could be done through bankruptcy or a reorganization under bankruptcy protection.
  • Credit-carddebt. com provides insight on the future of bankruptcy and a popular bankruptcy alternative. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • One day our political parties may demand public money to rescue them from bankruptcy. The Sun
  • He told us point - blank that his company was on the verge of bankruptcy.
  • Does she buy into the idea that those born with a silver spoon are morally bankrupt? Times, Sunday Times
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