bankrupt

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 bank, reave Date: 1533 1. a. a person who has done any of the acts that by law entitle creditors to have his or her estate administered for their benefit b. a person judicially declared subject to having his or her estate administered under the bankrupt laws for the benefit of creditors c. a person who becomes insolvent 2. a person who is completely lacking in a particular desirable quality or attribute <
a moral bankrupt
>
II. adjective Date: 1570 1. a. reduced to a state of financial ruin ; impoverished; specifically legally declared a bankrupt <
the company went bankrupt
>
b. of or relating to bankrupts or bankruptcy <
bankrupt laws
>
2. a. broken, ruined <
a bankrupt professional career
>
b. exhausted of valuable qualities ; sterile <
a bankrupt old culture
>
c. destitute — used with of or in <
bankrupt of all merciful feelings
>
III. transitive verb Date: 1588 1. to reduce to bankruptcy 2. impoverish <
defections had bankrupted the party of its brainpower
>
Synonyms: see deplete

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  • Bankrupt — Bank rupt, a. 1. Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one s debts; as, a bankrupt merchant. [1913 Webster] 2. Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting pecuniary liabilities; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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 — ► 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 — 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • bankrupt — the entity that files a bankruptcy; the debtor; the insolvent entity. This is a non technical term and is not used in the Bankruptcy Code (Glossary of Common Bankruptcy Terms) A person who has made an assignment or against whom a receiving order… …   Glossary of Bankruptcy

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