I. adjective
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a company goes bankrupt/goes out of business (= stops doing business after losing too much money )
declared bankrupt (= it has been officially stated that he cannot pay his debts )
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Mr Steel has been declared bankrupt .
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■ ADVERB
morally
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The conservative critique along such lines argues that liberalism is morally bankrupt .
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But the annexation of the other planets of the Althosian system had left Nicaea economically and morally bankrupt .
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a bankrupt steel manufacturer
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Five years ago she was a successful actress, but now she is bankrupt .
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He claimed that American political leaders were morally bankrupt for not meeting welfare needs.
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He lent him several thousand dollars to help rescue his bankrupt textile business.
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He was declared bankrupt in the High Court yesterday.
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Many small businesses will go bankrupt unless interest rates fall.
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The state is virtually bankrupt .
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At yesterday's private hearing in the High Court Kevin Maxwell was officially declared bankrupt for a record £406million.
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For example your own columns continually describe Equitable as if it is bankrupt , in trouble, or in crisis.
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His archaic anti-Western policies were bankrupt , he now realized.
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It arose out of an action for professional negligence against a firm of accountants, but the person bringing the action went bankrupt .
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The best remedy for a creditor owed more than £50 was to make his debtor bankrupt .
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Unemployment soared, and many small producers of cash crops went bankrupt .
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When Quaker tea merchant Joseph Fry went bankrupt in 1828 his monthly meeting disowned him.
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Within a year he was bankrupt .
II. verb
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■ NOUN
company
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Given the margins on most computer deals and the time it takes to organise shipment, this will bankrupt most companies .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an undischarged bankrupt
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On his release from prison as an undischarged bankrupt, he changed his name from Bowesfield to Sinclair.
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He realized that it would bankrupt the company if he continued the expansion.
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There are fears the new law could bankrupt some small businesses.
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After the 1982 recession virtually bankrupted them, many states adopted the practice.
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But cost-containment programs will force people to grapple with it, because healthcare is bankrupting us.
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Johnny Haynes's £100 a week neither bankrupted Fulham nor killed the game.
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There are already 80 casino operations and owners fear the star's Vegas-style resort will bankrupt them by luring away gamblers.
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Twice he was bankrupted, and he was never successful.
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What are they trying to do, bankrupt us?
III. noun
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■ VERB
declare
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Mr Zherditsky's bank was declared bankrupt in 1997.
go
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The risk of California's electricity utilities going bankrupt has added to the market's jitters.
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More than 1, 000 companies a month have gone bankrupt for 35 months now.
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The Anglican Church has said it may go bankrupt as a result of payments to former students.
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It looked for a moment as if Farm Credit might go bankrupt .
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Q.. Are there any alternatives to going bankrupt ?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It was no surprise when the Internet Startup firm declared bankruptcy.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In a few years you will blow your brains out, a bankrupt .
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The bankrupt was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment.
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The debts owing by each of the bankrupts exceeded the values of their interests in the homes.
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The incipient bankrupts were almost as bad.