bankrupt

Definitions

General English

• noun a person who cannot pay his or her debts

Accounting

• noun (a person) who has been declared by a court not to be capable of paying his or her debts and whose affairs are put into the hands of a receiver
• verb to make someone become bankrupt

Information & Library Science

• adjective not having enough money to pay one’s debts

Law

• noun someone who has been declared by a court to be not capable of paying debts and whose affairs have been put into the hands of a trustee

Politics

• adjective referring to people that a court has decided are incapable of paying their debts and whose business is taken away from them

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Contexts for “bankrupt”

6 definitions in context
• General English
• Accounting
• Information & Library Science
• Law
• Politics