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English noun: bankruptcy | |||
| 1. | bankruptcy (state) a state of complete lack of some abstract property | ||
| Samples | Spiritual bankruptcy. Moral bankruptcy. Intellectual bankruptcy. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | failure | ||
| 2. | bankruptcy (state) inability to discharge all your debts as they come due | ||
| Samples | The company had to declare bankruptcy. Fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks. | ||
| Synonyms | failure | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | insolvency | ||
| 3. | bankruptcy (act) a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
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