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单词 bankrupt
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bankruptadjective

uk/ˈbæŋ.krʌpt/us/ˈbæŋ.krʌpt/

C1 unable to pay what you owe, and having had control of your financial matters given, by a law court, to a person who sells your property to pay your debts:

He went bankrupt after only a year in business.
The recession has led to many small businesses going bankrupt.

informal having no money:

I'll go bankrupt if you kids keep asking me for money!

disapproving not having any good qualities:

He believes that modern society is morally bankrupt.

More examples

  • The company went bankrupt and was put into the hands of the receivers.
  • They piled up such a huge debt that they soon went bankrupt.
  • When it was obvious the company was going bankrupt, the government ordered all their assets to be frozen.
  • The business went bankrupt after investing an enormous amount on a product that failed to sell.
  • Without the help of a generous investor, the theatre company would have gone bankrupt.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Lacking things

  • bankruptcy
  • be hard up (for sth) idiom
  • bereft
  • catch
  • cry out for sth
  • cupboard
  • demand
  • hole
  • lacking
  • need
  • need sth like you need a hole in the head idiom
  • needful
  • needy
  • short
  • take
  • the cupboard is bare idiom
  • the UN
  • unsatisfied
  • vacuum
  • want

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bankruptnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈbæŋ.krʌpt/us/ˈbæŋ.krʌpt/specialized

a person who is officially bankrupt:

He was declared a bankrupt in 2011.

bankruptverb [ T ]

uk/ˈbæŋ.krʌpt/us/ˈbæŋ.krʌpt/

to cause someone to become bankrupt:

They feared that the loss would bankrupt them.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Success & failure in business

  • administration
  • axe
  • bankruptcy
  • branch
  • branch out
  • buy into sth
  • collapse
  • establish
  • fold
  • foreclose
  • liquidate
  • liquidator
  • locate
  • moribund
  • official receiver
  • organic growth
  • prosper
  • receivership
  • shut (sth) down
  • spin

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