bankruptcy
Syllables: bank·rupt·cy/ˈbæŋ.kɹʌp(t).si/US/ˈbæŋkˌɹʌp(t).si/
bankruptcy noun: a legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
Noun
bankruptcy (countable and uncountable, plural bankruptcies)
- A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
- The company ended up filing for bankruptcy.
- He declared that these drastic steps would undoubtedly inconvenience a good many people, but the alternative was bankruptcy of the Ulster Transport Authority and the breakdown of public transport services.1956 May, “Transport in Ulster”, in Railway Magazine, page 279
- A rule in Tycoon where if the top player does not get first place that round, they instantly get last place
bankruptcy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bankruptcy in Hindi
- legally declared or recognised condition of insolvency
- दिवाला divālā, दिवालियापन divāliyāpan, कंगाली kaṅgālī
bankruptcy in Tamil
- நொடித்தல், நொடிப்புநிலை, பொருளறு நிலை, கடன் நொடிப்பு, திவால், முறிவு
bankruptcy in Marathi
- दिवाळखोरी
bankruptcy in Urdu
- legally declared or recognised condition of insolvency
- دیوالیہ پن
More languagesFewer languages
- bankruptcy in Bengali
- দেউলিয়া deuliẏa
- bankruptcy in Telugu
- దివాళా తీయు divāḷā tīyu
- bankruptcy in Malayalam
- ദീവാളി dīvāḷi
- bankruptcy in Kannada
- ದಿವಾಳಿತನ
- bankruptcy in Punjabi
- ਦਿਵਾਲ਼ਾ divāḷā
- bankruptcy in Gujarati
- નાદારી
- bankruptcy in Odia
- ଦେବାଳିଆପଣ
- bankruptcy in Nepali
- दिवालियापन, दिवालिया
- bankruptcy in Tagalog
- kiyebra
- bankruptcy in Arabic
- إِفْلَاس ʔiflās
- bankruptcy in Malay
- kemuflisan
- bankruptcy in Indonesian
- bangkrut, kebangkrutan, kepailitan
- bankruptcy in Persian
- ورشکستگی varšekastegi
- bankruptcy in Thai
- การล้มละลาย gaan-lóm-lá-laai
- bankruptcy in Vietnamese
- phá sản
- bankruptcy in Myanmar
- ဒေဝါလီခံခြင်း dewalihkamhkrang:
Examples of bankruptcy in a sentence
- The bankruptcy and divorce, together with the death of his son, left him completely broken.
- We have to cut costs if we want to avoid bankruptcy.
- Bankruptcy is the certain outcome of your constant gambling and lending.
Forms of bankruptcy
| plural | bankruptcies |
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Origin of bankruptcy
From bankrupt + -cy, replacing earlier bankruptship.
Words formed from bankruptcy
Phrases with bankruptcy
Questions about bankruptcy
- What does bankruptcy mean?
- Bankruptcy means a legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
- What is bankruptcy in Hindi?
- Bankruptcy in Hindi is दिवाला (divālā), दिवालियापन (divāliyāpan), कंगाली (kaṅgālī). See Bankruptcy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bankruptcy?
- Bankruptcy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bankruptcy?
- Bankruptcy is pronounced /ˈbæŋ.kɹʌp(t).si/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bankruptcy?
- The plural of bankruptcy is bankruptcies.
Words near bankruptcy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bankruptcy (page history and authors); bankruptcy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bankruptcy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ദീവാളി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); bankruptcy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bankruptcy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bankruptcy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bankruptcy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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