Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - bankrupt
Bankrupt
bankrupt
adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 a insolvent; declared in law unable to pay debts. b undergoing the legal process resulting from this. 2 (often foll. by of) exhausted or drained (of some quality etc.); deficient, lacking. --n. 1 a an insolvent person whose estate is administered and disposed of for the benefit of the creditors. b an insolvent debtor. 2 a person exhausted of or deficient in a certain attribute (a moral bankrupt). --v.tr. make bankrupt. Derivatives bankruptcy n. (pl. -ies). Etymology: 16th c.: f. It banca rotta broken bench (as BANK(2), L rumpere rupt- break), assim. to L
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I. noun see: bank Date: 1533 1. a person who has done any of the acts that by law entitle creditors to have his or her estate administered for their benefit, a person judicially declared subject to having his or her estate administered under the ~ laws for the benefit of creditors, a person who becomes insolvent, a person who is completely lacking in a particular desirable quality or attribute , II. adjective Date: 1570 1. reduced to a state of financial ruin ; impoverished, of or relating to ~s or ~cy , 2. broken, ruined , exhausted of valuable qualities ; sterile , destitute, III. transitive verb Date: 1588 to reduce to ~cy, impoverish , see: deplete ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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