About The Word Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy
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What's The Definition Of Bankruptcy?
[n] a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared in bankruptcy
[n] inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks" [n] a state of complete lack of some abstract property; "spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy"; "intellectual bankruptcy" Synonyms | Synonyms for Bankruptcy: failure Related Terms | Find terms related to Bankruptcy: bouncing check | breakage | breakdown | bust | collapse | crack-up | crash | crippling | damage | defeat | destruction | detriment | dilapidation | disablement | disrepair | encroachment | failure | futility | harm | hobbling | hurt | hurting | ill success | impairment | incapacitation | infringement | injury | inroad | insolvency | insufficient funds | kited check | losing game | loss | maiming | mayhem | mischief | mutilation | no go | nonaccomplishment | nonsuccess | overdraft | overdrawn account | receivership | ruination | ruinousness | sabotage | scathe | sickening | spoiling | successlessness | unsuccess | unsuccessfulness | uselessness | weakening See Also | insolvency | legal proceeding | proceeding | proceedings Bankruptcy In Webster's Dictionary \Bank"rupt*cy\, n.; pl. {Bankruptcies}(?).
1. The state of being actually or legally bankrupt.
2. The act or process of becoming a bankrupt.
3. Complete loss; -- followed by of.
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