Meaning & Definition of Bankrupt in English
English⟶
Bankrupt
/bæŋkrəpt/
noun
1. Someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
synonym:
- bankrupt,
- insolvent
verb
1. Reduce to bankruptcy
- "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"
- "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
synonym:
- bankrupt,
- ruin,
- break,
- smash
adjective
1. Financially ruined
- "A bankrupt company"
- "The company went belly-up"
synonym:
- bankrupt,
- belly-up(p)
Examples of using
He was declared bankrupt.
It is true that he went bankrupt.
The nation's finances are bankrupt because of the war.