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Plural of bankruptcy

regular plural

The plural of bankruptcy is bankruptcies.

Forms of bankruptcy

Singularbankruptcy /ˈbæŋ.kɹʌp(t).si/
Pluralbankruptcies
Countablecountable and uncountable

Bankruptcies in a sentence

  • Are there not many frauds and bankruptcies out there in Faroffistan?1987, Michael T. Skully, George J. Viksnins, Financing East Asia’s Success, Palgrave Macmillan UK, →ISBN, page 11. From the entry Faroffistan
  • We’ve seen this play out publicly in fraud cases, in bankruptcies, in marriages that appear stable until the numbers are exposed.2026 April 22, Jillian Sanders, “The Danger of Surrendering Your Financial Independence in a Relationship”, in TIME, archived from the…. From the entry play out
  • All his life, he has moved forward with new projects and attempted new conquests, despite repeated failures and bankruptcies that would have humbled a nonnarcissist.2025 April 24, David Brooks, “Trump's Single Stroke of Brilliance”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry nonnarcissist

Meaning of bankruptcy

  1. noun A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
  2. noun A rule in Tycoon where if the top player does not get first place that round, they instantly get last place.

Full definition of bankruptcy

Questions about the plural of bankruptcy

What is the plural of bankruptcy?
The plural of bankruptcy is bankruptcies.
Is bankruptcy countable?
Bankruptcy is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bankruptcy (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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