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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
bank•rupt /ˈbæŋkrʌpt, -rəpt/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. Lawa person found by a court to be unable to pay debts and whose property is divided among creditors.

adj. 
  1. Lawnot having enough money to pay debts.

v. [~ + object]
  1. to make bankrupt.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
bank•rupt  (bangk′rupt, -rəpt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Lawa person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
  2. any insolvent debtor;
    a person unable to satisfy any just claims made upon him or her.
  3. a person who is lacking in a particular thing or quality:a moral bankrupt.

adj. 
  1. Lawsubject to or under legal process because of insolvency;
    insolvent.
  2. at the end of one's resources;
    lacking (usually fol. by of or in):bankrupt of compassion; bankrupt in good manners.
  3. pertaining to bankrupts or bankruptcy.

v.t. 
  1. to make bankrupt:His embezzlement bankrupted the company.
  • Medieval Latin banca rupta bank broken; replacing adaptations of Italian banca rota and French banqueroute in same sense
  • 1525–35
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged destitute, impoverished.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bankrupt / ˈbæŋkrʌpt -rəpt/
  1. a person adjudged insolvent by a court, his or her property being transferred to a trustee and administered for the benefit of his creditors
  2. any person unable to discharge all his or her debts
  3. a person whose resources in a certain field are exhausted or nonexistent: a spiritual bankrupt
  1. adjudged insolvent
  2. financially ruined
  3. depleted in resources or having completely failed: spiritually bankrupt
  4. (followed by of) lacking: bankrupt of intelligence
  1. (transitive) to make bankrupt
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French banqueroute, from Old Italian bancarotta, from banca bank1 + rotta broken, from Latin ruptus, from rumpere to break

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