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bankrupt noun 1 someone who is legally recognized, by a court adjudication order, as not being able to pay their debts. 2 someone whose character is completely lacking in a specified respect, or drained of a specified quality, etc • a moral bankrupt. adj 1 not having money to pay one's debts; insolvent. 2 exhausted of or lacking (some quality, etc) • bankrupt of ideas. verb (bankrupted, past participle bankrupt, bankrupting) to make someone bankrupt. bankruptcy noun (bankruptcies) a state of being bankrupt.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from French banqueroute, altered under the influence of Latin banca rupta bank broken.
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