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( bankrupts, bankrupting, bankrupted)
1.
People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts. ( BUSINESS )
If the firm cannot sell its products, it will go bankrupt...
He was declared bankrupt after failing to pay a £114m loan guarantee.
= insolvent
ADJ
2.
To bankrupt a person or organization means to make them go bankrupt. ( BUSINESS )
The move to the market nearly bankrupted the firm and its director...
VERB : V n
3.
A bankrupt is a person who has been declared bankrupt by a court of law. ( BUSINESS )
N-COUNT
4.
If you say that something is bankrupt , you are emphasizing that it lacks any value or worth.
He really thinks that European civilisation is morally bankrupt.
ADJ [ emphasis ]