bankrupt
One who becomes unable to pay his or her debtsOne who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person; a bankruptee.
» That company went bankrupt.
Diese Firma ging pleite. — Yorwba
Эта компания обанкротилась. — odexed
Ця компанія збанкрутіла. — deniko
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2 sensesOne who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person; a bankruptee.
банкро́тbankrót
someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
(UK, obsolete)A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
Examples
74 sentencesThat company went bankrupt.
Ця компанія збанкрутіла. — deniko
ruЭта компания обанкротилась. — odexed
deDiese Firma ging pleite. — Yorwba
The company went bankrupt.
Компанія збанкрутіла. — deniko
ruКомпания обанкротилась. — Tonari
deDas Unternehmen hat Bankrott gemacht. — MUIRIEL
Tom killed himself after going bankrupt.
It is true that he went bankrupt.
ruОн действительно разорился. — Hellerick
The company Tom used to work for went bankrupt.
Translations
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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
plural: bankruptsSynonyms
1 synonyms- someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts:insolvent