Collocations for "bankrupt"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bankrupt" in context.
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bankrupt
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- the [company, business] is going bankrupt
- the [company] went bankrupt (in 2000)
- the [company] was declared bankrupt
- a bankrupt [company]
- bankrupt [due to, because of] (poor management)
- went bankrupt because
- I'm going to be bankrupt
- is [morally, emotionally] bankrupt
- was declared a bankrupt
- was declared a bankrupt by the [courts, judge]
- [restraints, laws, foreclosures] concerning bankrupts
- bankrupts can [ask for, request, seek] [legal aid, loans, assistance]
'bankrupt' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):