English English Dictionary

To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to impoverish.

Destitute of, or wholly wanting (something once possessed, or something one should possess).

Relating to bankrupts and bankruptcy.

Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting pecuniary liabilities; as, a bankrupt treasury.

Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant.

A person who, in accordance with the terms of a law relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially declared to be unable to meet his liabilities.

A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person.

A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.

of Bankruptcy

Complete loss; -- followed by of.

The act or process of becoming a bankrupt.

The state of being actually or legally bankrupt.

of Bankrupt

of Bankrupt

The slope of a bank, especially of the bank of a steam.

The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city.

of Ban

A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.

A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.

Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.