bankrupt
To force into bankruptcyTo force into bankruptcy.
» That company went bankrupt.
Diese Firma ging pleite.
Эта компания обанкротилась.
Ця компанія збанкрутіла.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To force into bankruptcy.
in den Konkurs treiben
банкро́титьbankrótitʹ, обанкро́титьobankrótitʹ, разоря́тьrazorjátʹ
reduce to bankruptcy
To get placed last in Tycoon with the bankruptcy rule
Examples
74 sentencesThat company went bankrupt.
Ця компанія збанкрутіла.
ruЭта компания обанкротилась.
deDiese Firma ging pleite.
The company went bankrupt.
Компанія збанкрутіла.
ruКомпания обанкротилась.
deDas Unternehmen hat Bankrott gemacht.
Tom killed himself after going bankrupt.
It is true that he went bankrupt.
ruОн действительно разорился.
The company Tom used to work for went bankrupt.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Partial calque of Italian bancarotta (literally “a broken bench”), from banca (“bank”, litPartial calque of Italian bancarotta (literally “a broken bench”), from banca (“bank”, literally “bench”) + rotta (“broken, rupted”), which refers to an out-of-business bank, having its bench physically broken, signifying that the working moneylender was insolvent.
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Forms
bankrupts, bankrupting, bankrupted, bankrupted| Base form | bankrupt · to bankrupt |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | bankrupts |
| Present participle | bankrupting |
| Past simple | bankrupted |
| Past participle | bankrupted |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
3 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle