English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bankrupt
(v. t.)
To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to
impoverish.
Bankrupt
(a.)
Destitute of, or wholly wanting (something once
possessed, or something one should possess).
Bankrupt
(a.)
Relating to bankrupts and bankruptcy.
Bankrupt
(a.)
Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting
pecuniary liabilities; as, a bankrupt treasury.
Bankrupt
(a.)
Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable
to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt
merchant.
Bankrupt
(n.)
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.
Bankrupt
(n.)
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.
Bankrupt
(n.)
A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts
tending to defraud his creditors.
Bankruptcies
(pl. )
of Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy
(n.)
Complete loss; -- followed by of.
Bankruptcy
(n.)
The act or process of becoming a bankrupt.
Bankruptcy
(n.)
The state of being actually or legally bankrupt.
Bankrupted
(imp. & p. p.)
of Bankrupt
Bankrupting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bankrupt
Bankside
(n.)
The slope of a bank, especially of the bank of a steam.
Banlieue
(n.)
The territory without the walls, but within the legal
limits, of a town or city.
Banned
(imp. & p. p.)
of Ban
Banner
(n.)
A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece,
and used by a chief as his standard in battle.
Banner
(n.)
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.
Banner
(n.)
Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.