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bankrupt

adj
/ˈbæŋk.ɹəpt/

Etymology

Partial calque of Italian bancarotta (literally “a broken bench”), from banca (“bank”, literally “bench”) + rotta (“broken, rupted”), which refers to an out-of-business bank, having its bench physically broken, signifying that the working moneylender was insolvent.

  1. derived from bancarotta — “a broken bench”

Definitions

  1. In a condition of bankruptcy

    In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent.

    • a bankrupt merchant
    • "How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly."

  2. Destitute of, or wholly lacking a good quality, value, etc. one should possess or once…

    Destitute of, or wholly lacking a good quality, value, etc. one should possess or once possessed.

    • a morally bankrupt politician
    • a creatively bankrupt endeavor
    • O Julia! I am bankrupt in gratitude! but the time is ſo preſſing, it calls on you for ſo haſty a reſolution.

  3. To force into bankruptcy.

    • The cost of the Mendip line had, however, bankrupted the S.D.R. [Somerset & Dorset Railway], and it was leased to the two larger companies for 999 years in 1875, and named the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. to get placed last in Tycoon with the bankruptcy rule

    2. One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts

      One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person; a bankruptee.

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

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

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Derived

bankrupt cart, bankruptcy, bankruptee, bankrupter, bankruptism, bankruptlike, bankruptly, bankruptness, bankruptship, bankrupt worm, go bankrupt, morally bankrupt, nonbankrupt, rebankrupt, unbankrupt, unbankrupted, wankrupt

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at bankrupt. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at bankrupt. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at bankrupt

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA