bankruptcy

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noun

1. a state of complete lack of some abstract property (Freq. 1)
- spiritual bankruptcy
- moral bankruptcy
- intellectual bankruptcy
• Hypernyms:
failure
2. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due (Freq. 1)
- the company had to declare bankruptcy
- fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks
• Syn:
failure
• Derivationally related forms:
fail (for: failure), bankrupt
• Hypernyms:
insolvency
3. a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings