BANKRUPT


Meaning of BANKRUPT in English

n.

Function: adjective

Date: 1570

1 a : reduced to a state of financial ruin : IMPOVERISHED specifically : legally declared a bankrupt <the company went bankrupt > b : of or relating to bankrupts or bankruptcy < bankrupt laws>

2 a : BROKEN , RUINED <a bankrupt professional career> b : exhausted of valuable qualities : STERILE <a bankrupt old culture> c : DESTITUTE ― used with of or in < bankrupt of all merciful feelings>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.