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bankruptcy

noun
/ˈbæŋ.kɹʌp(t).si/UK/ˈbæŋkˌɹʌp(t).si/US/ˈbeɪ̯ŋkˌɹʌp(t).si/

Etymology

From bankrupt + -cy, replacing earlier bankruptship.

Definitions

  1. A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

    • The company ended up filing for bankruptcy.
    • He declared that these drastic steps would undoubtedly inconvenience a good many people, but the alternative was bankruptcy of the Ulster Transport Authority and the breakdown of public transport services.

  2. a rule in Tycoon where if the top player does not get first place that round, they…

    a rule in Tycoon where if the top player does not get first place that round, they instantly get last place

The neighborhood

Derived

bankr., bankruptcy order, email bankruptcy, moral bankruptcy, nonbankruptcy, postbankruptcy, prebankruptcy, pre-packaged bankruptcy, quick bankruptcy

Vish — recursive loop

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

7 hops · closes at bankruptcy

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