Tra từ bankrupt - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bank·rupt [bankrupt bankrupts bankrupted bankrupting] adjective, noun, verb BrE [ˈbæŋkrʌpt] NAmE [ˈbæŋkrʌpt]
adjective
1. without enough money to pay what you owe
Syn: ↑insolvent
•They went bankrupt in 2009.
•The company was declared bankrupt in the High Court.
2. ~ (of sth) (formal, disapproving)completely lacking in anything that has value
•a government bankrupt of new ideas
•a society that is morally bankrupt

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from Italian banca rotta ‘broken bench’, from banca (from medieval Latin banca, bancus, of Germanic origin) and rompere ‘to break’. The change in the ending was due to association with Latin rupt- ‘broken’.

Thesaurus:
bankrupt adj.
•The firm went bankrupt in 2008.
destitute • |informal bust • • broke • |literary penniless • |finance insolvent •
go bankrupt/bust/broke
declare sb bankrupt/insolvent
Bankrupt, bust, broke or insolvent? In general English bankrupt is preferred. Go bust and go broke are informal ways of saying go bankrupt. Insolvent is used more about businesses than individuals.

Example Bank:
•Hundreds of firms went bankrupt during the recession.
•She had to pay the mortgage after her husband was declared bankrupt.
•After the war, Britain was weary and bankrupt.
•She lost the house after she was made bankrupt.
•The firm went bankrupt in 2003 and all its assets were sold off.

noun (law)
a person who has been judged by a court to be unable to pay his or her debts

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from Italian banca rotta ‘broken bench’, from banca (from medieval Latin banca, bancus, of Germanic origin) and rompere ‘to break’. The change in the ending was due to association with Latin rupt- ‘broken’.

Example Bank:
•He later became Britain's biggest bankrupt.

verb ~ sb
to make sb ↑bankrupt
•The company was almost bankrupted by legal costs.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from Italian banca rotta ‘broken bench’, from banca (from medieval Latin banca, bancus, of Germanic origin) and rompere ‘to break’. The change in the ending was due to association with Latin rupt- ‘broken’.

Example Bank:
•The legal fees almost bankrupted us.