'Bankruptcy' definitions:
Definition of 'bankruptcy'
(from WordNet)
noun
A state of complete lack of some abstract property; "spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy"; "intellectual bankruptcy"
noun
Inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks" [syn: bankruptcy, failure]
noun
A legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent
Definition of 'Bankruptcy'
From: GCIDE
- Bankruptcy \Bank"rupt*cy\, n.; pl. Bankruptcies.
- 1. The state of being actually or legally bankrupt. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act or process of becoming a bankrupt. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Complete loss; -- followed by of. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bankruptcy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bouncing check,
- breakage,
- breakdown,
- bust,
- collapse,
- crack-up,
- crash,
- crippling,
- damage,
- defeat,
- destruction,
- detriment,
- dilapidation,
- disablement,
- disrepair,
- encroachment,
- failure,
- futility,
- harm,
- hobbling,
- hurt,
- hurting,
- ill success,
- impairment,
- incapacitation,
- infringement,
- injury,
- inroad,
- insolvency,
- insufficient funds,
- kited check,
- losing game,
- loss,
- maiming,
- mayhem,
- mischief,
- mutilation,
- no go,
- nonaccomplishment,
- nonsuccess,
- overdraft,
- overdrawn account,
- receivership,
- ruination,
- ruinousness,
- sabotage,
- scathe,
- sickening,
- spoiling,
- successlessness,
- unsuccess,
- unsuccessfulness,
- uselessness,
- weakening