Bankruptcy

Bank′rupt-cy

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Bankruptcies

.

1.

The state of being actually or legally bankrupt.

2.

The act or process of becoming a bankrupt.

3.

Complete loss; – followed by of.

Bankruptcy

BANK'RUPTCY

,

Noun.

The state of being a bankrupt, or insolvent; inability to pay all debts.

2.

The act of becoming a bankrupt; the act of rendering one's self a bankrupt, as by absconding, or otherwise; failure in trade.

bankruptcy

English

Noun

bankruptcy ‎(plural bankruptcies)

A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

Derived terms

(noun) pre-packaged bankruptcy
(verb) to file for bankruptcy, to go bankrupt

Related terms

(noun) depression, economic downturn, financial crisis, insolvency, recession
(noun) (figuratively) moral bankruptcy
(adjective) bankrupt, insolvent
(adjective) (slang) broke, bust, belly up
(adjective) (figuratively) morally bankrupt
(verb) (slang) go broke, go bust, go belly up

Translations

legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency

Arabic: إِفْلَاس m ‎(ʾiflās)
Armenian: սնանկացում (hy) ‎(snankacʿum)
Bulgarian: фалит (bg) ‎(falit), банкрут (bg) ‎(bankrut)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 破產 (zh), 破产 (zh) ‎(pòchǎn)
Czech: úpadek m, bankrot (cs) m
Danish: bankerot c, fallit c, konkurs c
Dutch: bankroet (nl) n, failliet (nl) n, faling (nl) f, surseance van betaling m, f
Esperanto: bankroto
Estonian: pankrot
Finnish: konkurssi (fi), vararikko (fi)
French: faillite (fr) f, banqueroute (fr)
German: Bankrott (de) m
Greek: πτώχευση (el) f ‎(ptóchefsi), χρεωκοπία (el) f ‎(chreokopía)
Hebrew: פשיטת רגל (he) f ‎(pshit'at regel)
Hungarian: csőd (hu)
Icelandic: gjaldþrot (is)
Indonesian: bangkrut (id)
Italian: bancarotta (it)
Japanese: 破産 (ja) ‎(はさん, hasan), 破綻 (ja) ‎(はたん, hatan), 倒産 (ja) ‎(とうさん, tōsan)
Latin: ^{(please verify)}decoctio nom., ^{(please verify)}decoctionis gen.

Maori: pēkerapu, pēkeraputanga
Norman: banqueroute f, d'sastre m
Norwegian:

Bokmål: konkurs m

Nynorsk: konkurs m
Polish: bankructwo (pl) n
Portuguese: falência (pt) f, bancarrota f
Romanian: faliment (ro)
Russian: банкро́тство (ru) n ‎(bankrótstvo)
Scottish Gaelic: briseadh m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: сте̏ча̄ј m

Roman: stȅčāj (sh) m
Slovak: bankrot m
Spanish: bancarrota (es) f, concurso (es)
Swedish: konkurs (sv) c
Tagalog: kiyebra
Telugu: దివాళా తీయు ‎(divāḷā tīyu)
Turkish: iflas (tr)
Urdu: دیوالیہ پن m

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Bankruptcy

Bank′rupt-cy

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Bankruptcy

BANK'RUPTCY

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