Bankruptcy
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noun.
The state of being bankrupt.
noun.
A legal proceeding that allows for a person or entity to be declared bankrupt.
noun.
The system of adjudication that declares instances of bankruptcy.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The state of being bankrupt or insolvent; inability to pay all debts; failure in trade.
noun.
Figuratively, utter wreck; ruin.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The state of being actually or legally bankrupt.
noun.
The act or process of becoming a bankrupt.
noun.
Complete loss; -- followed by
of
.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A legally declared or recognized condition of
insolvency
of a person or organization.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent
noun.
a state of complete lack of some abstract property
noun.
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
Word Usage
"And a Harvard University study shows that the average medical debt for people who have ended up in bankruptcy is $12,000."
cross-reference
act of bankruptcy
assignee in bankruptcy
bankruptcy commissioner
bankruptcy laws
commission of bankruptcy
Etymologically Related
moral bankruptcy
morally bankrupt
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
failure
insolvency
legal proceeding
proceeding
proceedings
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
anarchy
annihilation
breakdown
collapse
defeat
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
bouncing check
breakage
breakdown
bust
collapse