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Word: Bankrupt
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from Italian banca rotta ‘broken bench’, from banca (see bank) and rompere ‘to break’. The change in the ending was due to association with Latin rupt- ‘broken’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbaŋkrʌpt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
reduce (a person or organization) to bankruptcy
Short Definition:make person or organization bankrupt
Examples:- the strike nearly bankrupted the union
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