bankrupt

🇺🇸 /ˈbæŋkrʌpt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈbæŋkrʌpt/
Frequency
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Tags TOP10000CEFR-C1
adjective
R

unable to pay debts

The company went bankrupt and could not pay its bills.

R

completely lacking something valuable

The plan was bankrupt of good ideas.

noun
R

a person who cannot pay debts

The court declared him a bankrupt.

verb
R

to cause someone to be unable to pay debts

High costs bankrupted the business.

translation

adj. unable to pay debts; completely lacking something valuable
n. a person who cannot pay debts
v. to cause someone to be unable to pay debts

Word Forms

3rd Present bankrupts
Past bankrupted
Perfect bankrupted
Progressive bankrupting
Plural bankrupts