bankrupt
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Is bankrupt a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of bankrupt?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (finance, of a person, company, etc.) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent.Examples: "a bankrupt merchant"; ""How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly.""Synonyms: almsless, arm, badly off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, boracic, brokeusually
2. (figurative) Destitute of, or wholly lacking a good quality, value, etc. one should possess or once possessed.Examples: "a morally bankrupt politician"; "O Julia! I am bankrupt in gratitude! but the time is ſo preſſing, it calls on you for ſo haſty a reſolution."figuratively
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To force into bankruptcy.Examples: "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."transitive
noun (English)
1. (UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.UKobsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary