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bankrupt

bank·rupt

bankrupt

 
 
pronunciation:
baeng krpt
parts of speech:
adjective, verb
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part of speech: adjective
definition: not able to pay money owed and free by law from having to pay.
Mr. Black went bankrupt after losing his job.
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part of speech: verb
inflections: bankrupts, bankrupting, bankrupted
definition: to cause to become a bankrupt.
His gambling soon bankrupted him.
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  bank, money
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