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.