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| bank·rupt [ bángk rùpt ] |
adjective |
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1. unable to pay debts: judged legally to be unable to pay off personal debts
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2. without qualities: completely lacking in a particular quality, especially in good or ethical qualities
  morally bankrupt
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noun (plural bank·rupts) |
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1. somebody who cannot pay debts: somebody who is unable to pay his or her debts
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2. somebody without quality: somebody who completely lacks a particular quality
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transitive verb (past and past participle bank·rupt·ed, present participle bank·rupt·ing, 3rd person present singular bank·rupts) |
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deplete somebody's funds: to cost so much that a person or business will have hardly any money left or will be declared bankrupt
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| [Mid-16th century. < Italian banca rotta "broken table" < banca (see bank1) + rotto< Latin ruptus "broken"] |
