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bankrupt

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1. bankrupt - Noun

2. bankrupt - Adjective

3. bankrupt - Verb

4. bankrupt - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.

A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person.

A person who, in accordance with the terms of a law relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially declared to be unable to meet his liabilities.

Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant.

Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting pecuniary liabilities; as, a bankrupt treasury.

Relating to bankrupts and bankruptcy.

Destitute of, or wholly wanting (something once possessed, or something one should possess).

To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to impoverish.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The more I learnt about this cheeky – almost rebellious – company, the more it appealed to me, as it unapologetically pointed to an alternative in a complacent and creatively bankrupt industry. Apple stood for something and had reason for being that wasn't just about making money. Jonathan Ive

The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out of a proper method to catch the reader's eye without which, a good thing may pass over unobserved, or lost among commissions of bankrupt. Joseph Addison

Sarcasm is the last refuge of the imaginatively bankrupt. Cassandra Clare

If you want to sleep well, buy the bed of a bankrupt. Spanish Proverb

A beggar can never be bankrupt. English Proverb

The bankrupt merchant is half rich. Sicilian Proverb

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