Look up: bankrupt

1. bankrupt
   [adj] - financially ruined 2. [n] - someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts 3. [v] - reduce to bankruptcy
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2. Bankrupt
   Someone against whom a bankruptcy order has been made and who has not been discharged from bankruptcy.
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3. Bankrupt
   When a person or company has its assets assigned to a court-appointed trustee who in turn redistributes the assets to the persons or companies [creditors].
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4. Bankrupt
   Someone against whom a bankruptcy order has been made and who has not been discharged from bankruptcy.
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5. Bankrupt
   A debtor that is judged legally insolvent. A person can become bankrupt upon voluntary petition or one invoked by their creditors. The debtor's remaining property is then administered for the creditors or is distributed among them.
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6. Bankrupt
   A bankrupt is an individual against whom a bankruptcy order has been made by the court. The order shows that the bankrupt is unable to pay his/her debts and deprives him/her of property, which is then realised for distribution amongst the creditors of the bankrupt.
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7. Bankrupt
   A corporation, firm or individual is described as being 'bankrupt' when they are relieved from paying all debts once their assets have been surrendered to an appointed third party. Bankruptcy proceedings are managed via the court system, with the appointed third party designated by the court in charge of the proceedings, in accordance with the Inso…
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8. bankrupt
   A condition where a person or company that cannot meet their financial commitments are declared insolvent by a court. After surrendering all their assets to a court-appointed trustee, they are no longer expected to pay their debts
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9. bankrupt
   the debtor in bankruptcy proceedings Category: Law • a person who to avoid payment of his debts secretes himself, flees the country, or defrauds or simply avoids his creditors and is in consequence legally a criminal. Category: Law
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10. Bankrupt
    Insolvent - unable to pay creditors and having all goods/effects administered by a liquidator or trustee and sold for the benefit of those creditors; as a result of an order under the Insolvency Act 1986
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11. Bankrupt
    Bank'rupt noun [ French banqueroute , from Italian bancarotta bankruptcy; banca bank (fr. Old High German banch , German bank , bench) + rotta broken, from Latin ruptus , past participle of rumpere<...
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12. Bankrupt
    Bank'rupt adjective 1. Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant. 2. Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting pecuniary liabi...
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13. Bankrupt
    Bank'rupt transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bankrupted ; present participle & verbal noun Bankrupting .] To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to impoverish.
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14. bankrupt
    belly-up(p) adjective financially ruined; `a bankrupt company`; `the company went belly-up`
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15. bankrupt
    insolvent noun someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
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16. bankrupt
    ruin verb reduce to bankruptcy; `My daughter`s fancy wedding is going to break me!`; `The slump in the financial markets smashed him`
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17. Bankrupt
    • (a.) Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one`s debts; as, a bankrupt merchant. • (n.) A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent pers...
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18. bankrupt
    bankrupt Originally, a banker became bankrupt because his bench was broken when he lacked the necessary funds to continue with his money business as an early 'banker'.
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19. bankrupt
    bankrupt, bankrupted 1. In law: A debtor that, upon voluntary petition or one invoked by the debtor's creditors, is judged legally insolvent. The debtor's remaining property is then administered for the creditors or is distributed among them. 2. Any insolvent debtor; a person unable to satisfy any ...
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20. Bankrupt
    A person who has done, or suffered some act to be done, which is by law declared an act of bankruptcy; in such case he may be declared a bankrupt.
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21. Bankrupt
    A person, firm, or corporation that, through a court proceeding, is relieved from the payment of all debts after the surrender of all assets to a court-appointed trustee.
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22. bankrupt
    A person, firm, or corporation that, through a court proceeding, is relieved from the payment of all debts after the surrender of all assets to a court-appointed trustee.
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