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Word: Bankrupt
Speech Type: Noun
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’
ˈbaŋkrʌpt
a person judged by a court to be insolvent, whose property is taken and disposed of for the benefit of their creditors.
Short Definition:person judged by court as bankrupt
Word: Bankrupt
Speech Type: Verb
ˈbaŋkrʌpt
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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