单词 | bankruptcy |
释义 | bankruptcyn. 1. The state of being bankrupt; the fact of becoming or declaring oneself bankrupt; an instance of this; spec. the legal status of, or procedure regarding, a person or company that is declared bankrupt. In early use also: †fraudulent avoidance of debt payment; cf. bankrupt n. 1a (obsolete).assignee in bankruptcy, commission of bankruptcy, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [noun] > bankruptcy bankrupt1539 bankrupting1570 bankruptism1606 bankruptship1613 bankrupture1617 bankruptcya1634 breaking1647 Carey Street1922 scam1966 a1634 E. Coke 4th Pt. Inst. Laws Eng. (1644) lxiii. 277 As the name of a Bankrupt, so was the offence it self..a stranger to an Englishman, who of all other Nations was freest of Bankruptcy. 1695 Case Creditors R. Vyner (single sheet) If the Commission of Bankruptcy can be renewed and proceeded upon..Then was Sr. Roberts Will of no effect. 1701 W. Paterson Proposals Council of Trade Introd. sig. **2 By wilful Fraud or Bankrupsie of Councellors of Trade. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 428. ⁋2 That most dreadful of all human Conditions, the Case of Bankruptcy. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xlvii. 311 The state might thus be reduced to bankruptcy. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 136 Bankruptcies are most frequent in the most hazardous trades. View more context for this quotation 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xviii. 153 His bills were protested: his act of bankruptcy formal. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. 342 Roman law never established any distinction between traders and non-traders, in other words, between bankruptcy and insolvency. 1922 Price Current-grain Rep. 4 Oct. 25/1 Frank Gresham, former miller and grain dealer, undergoing bankruptcy. 1990 H. G. Bissinger Friday Night Lights xii. 237 Everywhere you looked someone was filing for bankruptcy. 2001 Business Week 8 Oct. 87/1 The telecom industry meltdown drove many upstarts into bankruptcy. 2. figurative. The state of being completely lacking in, or the fact of losing, a particular good quality or value. Chiefly with modifying adjective or postmodifying of-phrase. Cf. poverty n. 4.See also moral bankruptcy n. at moral adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > state or condition > of complete ruin bankruptcy1761 1761 Brit. Mag. 2 441 They dread a bankruptcy of head and sense. 1797 E. Burke Corr. IV. 433 A general bankruptcy of reputation in both parties. 1853 A. J. Morris Business v. 104 The greatest bankruptcy is not of fortune but of faith. 1919 Catholic World Dec. 338 He admitted the bankruptcy of modern philosophy. 2004 P. Carey Catholics in Amer. viii. 103 The spiritual bankruptcy of bourgeois-mindedness. Compounds C1. General attributive, as bankruptcy court, bankruptcy law, bankruptcy proceedings, etc. ΘΚΠ society > law > branch of the law > [noun] > law relating to bankruptcy bankruptcy law1765 bankrupt1809 society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court dealing with debt or bankruptcy Court of Conscience1603 Court of Requests1603 Court of Inquest1706 county court1846 bankruptcy court1864 1765 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 16 Nov. The many advantages that will inevitably arise to the trading part of this nation by an alteration in the present bankruptcy laws. 1811 Parl. Reg. III. 404 All the fees and emoluments taken by the Lord Chancellor in his jurisdiction of Chancellor, as well as in Bankruptcy proceedings. 1832 C. Darwin Let. 12 Sept. in Corr. (1985) I. 270 Harry who is to Chaperon her has been detained by Bankruptcy business & it is uncertain which day he will be here. 1864 Derby Mercury 7 Dec. The Bankruptcy Court officials. 1883 Act 46 & 47 Vict. c. 52 §10 The Court may..after the presentation of a bankruptcy petition stay any action..against..the debtor. 1907 Jrnl. Inst. Bankers in Ireland 9 108 The old bankruptcy procedure was both tedious and expensive, and, in fact, ruined the bankrupt without benefiting the creditors upon his estate. 1935 G. Glenn Law governing Liquidation 273 The Bankruptcy Act takes care of that. 2008 Wall St. Jrnl. 31 Mar. a2/2 Her firm hired two bankruptcy attorneys. C2. bankruptcy order n. an order of a court declaring a person bankrupt and placing his or her affairs under the control of a receiver or trustee; cf. receiving order n. at receiving n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1862 Leicester Chron. 26 Apr. 8/1 Defendant pleaded that he had been released from the debt by his bankruptcy order. 1900 Jrnl. Soc. Compar. Legislation 2 268 The creditors are called together within one month from the date of the bankruptcy order. 1986 Observer 27 July 16/4 The Inland Revenue..served a bankruptcy order on him in pursuit of an unpaid claim for £598.88p. 2009 R. Meynell Bk. Bankruptcy vi. 47 Following the bankruptcy order, all of Bob's bank accounts will be frozen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1634 |
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