English-Thai Dictionary

bankrupt

ADJ ล้มละลาย  เจ๊ง หมดตัว  lom-la-lai

 

bankrupt

N บุคคล ล้มละลาย  buk-kan-lom-la-lai

 

bankrupt

VT ทำให้ ล้มละลาย  เจ๊ง หมดตัว  pauperize tham-hai-lom-la-lai

 

bankruptcy

N การล้มละลาย  insolvency kan-lom-la-lai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BANKRUPT

n.[Eng. rout, defeat. This may signify bench-broken, or bank-broken; most probably the latter, referring to the fund or stock. The last syllable is the Latin ruptus contracted; Norm. roupt, rous, broken. ] 1. A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
2. In a less technical sense, a trader who fails or becomes unable to pay his just debts; an insolvent trader. In strictness, no person but a trader can be a bankrupt. Bankruptcy is applied to merchants and traders; insolvency, to other persons.

 

BANKRUPT

a.Having committed acts of bankruptcy; unable to pay just debts; insolvent.

 

BANKRUPT

v.t.To break one in trade; to make insolvent.

 

BANKRUPTCY

n.The state of being a bankrupt, or insolvent; inability to pay all debts. 2. The act of becoming a bankrupt; the act of rendering one's self a bankrupt, as by absconding, or otherwise; failure in trade.

 

BANKRUPTED

pp. Rendered insolvent.

 

BANKRUPTING

ppr. Breaking in trade; rendering insolvent.

 

BANKRUPT-LAW

n.A law, which, upon a bankrupt's surrendering all his property to commissioners for the benefit of his creditors, discharges him from the payment of his debts, and all liability to arrest or suit for the same, and secures his future acquired property from a liability to the payment of his past debts.

 

BANKRUPT-SYSTEM

n.A system of laws and legal proceedings in regard to bankrupts and their property.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BANKRUPT

Bank "rupt, n. Etym: [F. banqueroute, fr. It. bancarotta bankruptcy; banca bank (fr. OHG. banch, G. bank, bench ) + rotta broken, fr. L. ruptus, p.p. of rumpere to break. At Florence, it is said, the bankrupt had his bench ( i.e., money table ) broken. See 1st Bank, and Rupture, n.]

 

1. (Old Eng. Low )

 

Defn: A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors. Blackstone.

 

2. A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person. M

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: A person who, in accordance with the terms of a law relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially declared to be unable to meet his liabilities.

 

Note: In England, until the year 1861 none but a "trader " could be made a bankrupt; a non-trader failing to meet his liabilities being an "insolvent ". But this distinction was abolished by the Bankruptcy Act of 1861. The laws of 1841 and 1867 of the United States relating to bankruptcy applied this designation bankrupt to others besides those engaged in trade.

 

BANKRUPT

BANKRUPT Bank "rupt, a.

 

1. Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant.

 

2. Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting pecuniary liabilities; as, a bankrupt treasury.

 

3. Relating to bankrupts and bankruptcy.

 

4. Destitute of, or wholly wanting (something once possessed, or something one should possess ). "Bankrupt in gratitude. " Sheridan. Bankrupt law, a law by which the property of a person who is unable or unwilling to pay his debts may be taken and distributed to his creditors, and by which a person who has made a full surrender of his property, and is free from fraud, may be discharged from the legal obligation of his debts. See Insolvent, a.

 

BANKRUPT

Bank "rupt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bankrupted; p. pr. & vb. n.Bankrupting. ]

 

Defn: To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to impoverish.

 

BANKRUPTCY

Bank "rupt *cy, n.; pl. Bankruptcies (

 

1. The state of being actually or legally bankrupt.

 

2. The act or process of becoming a bankrupt.

 

3. Complete loss; -- followed by of.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bankrupt

bank rupt |ˈbaNGkˌrəpt, -rəpt ˈbæŋkrəpt | ▶adjective 1 (of a person or organization ) declared in law unable to pay outstanding debts: the company was declared bankrupt | his father went bankrupt and the family had to sell their home. • impoverished or depleted: a bankrupt country with no natural resources. 2 completely lacking in a particular quality or value: their cause is morally bankrupt. ▶noun a person judged by a court to be insolvent, whose property is taken and disposed of for the benefit of creditors. ▶verb [ with obj. ] reduce (a person or organization ) to bankruptcy: the strike nearly bankrupted the union. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Italian banca rotta ‘broken bench, ’ from banca (see bank 2 ) and rompere ‘to break. ’ The change in the ending was due to association with Latin rupt- ‘broken. ’

 

bankruptcy

bank rupt cy |ˈbaNGkˌrəp (t )sē, -rəp (t )sē ˈbæŋkrəp (t )si | ▶noun ( pl. bankruptcies ) 1 the state of being bankrupt: many companies were facing bankruptcy | a series of bankruptcies and scandals | [ as modifier ] : bankruptcy proceedings. 2 the state of being completely lacking in a particular quality or value: the moral bankruptcy of turning away desperate people.

 

bankruptcy order

bank |rupt ¦cy order ▶noun English Law an order of the court declaring a person bankrupt and placing their affairs under the control of a receiver or trustee. Compare with receiving order.

 

Oxford Dictionary

bankrupt

bank |rupt |ˈbaŋkrʌpt | ▶adjective 1 (of a person or organization ) declared in law as unable to pay their debts: his father went bankrupt and the family had to sell their home. • impoverished or depleted: a bankrupt country with no natural resources. 2 completely lacking in a particular good quality: their cause is morally bankrupt. ▶noun a person judged by a court to be insolvent, whose property is taken and disposed of for the benefit of their creditors. ▶verb [ with obj. ] reduce (a person or organization ) to bankruptcy: the strike nearly bankrupted the union. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Italian banca rotta ‘broken bench ’, from banca (see bank 2 ) and rompere ‘to break ’. The change in the ending was due to association with Latin rupt- ‘broken ’.

 

bankruptcy

bank |rupt ¦cy |ˈbaŋkrʌptsi | ▶noun ( pl. bankruptcies ) [ mass noun ] 1 the state of being bankrupt: many companies were facing bankruptcy | [ count noun ] : a 7 \% increase in bankruptcies. 2 the state of being completely lacking in a particular good quality: the intellectual bankruptcy of the corporate media.

 

bankruptcy order

bank |rupt ¦cy order ▶noun English Law an order of the court declaring a person bankrupt and placing their affairs under the control of a receiver or trustee. Compare with receiving order.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

bankrupt

bankrupt adjective 1 the company was declared bankrupt: insolvent, failed, ruined, in debt, owing money, in the red, in arrears, in receivership; informal bust, belly up, broke, cash-strapped, flat broke. ANTONYMS solvent, in the black. 2 this government is bankrupt of ideas: bereft of, devoid of, empty of, destitute of; completely lacking in, without, in need of, wanting. ANTONYMS teeming with. ▶verb the strike nearly bankrupted the union: ruin, impoverish, reduce to penury /destitution, bring to ruin, bring someone to their knees, wipe out, break; rare beggar, pauperize.

 

bankruptcy

bankruptcy noun many companies were facing bankruptcy: insolvency, liquidation, failure, ruin, financial ruin, collapse, receivership. ANTONYMS solvency.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

bankrupt

bankrupt adjective 1 the company was declared bankrupt: insolvent, bankrupted; failed, ruined, wiped out, gone under; in debt, owing money, in the red, in arrears; Brit. in administration, in receivership; informal bust, belly up, gone to the wall, on the rocks, broke, flat broke; informal, dated smashed; Brit. informal skint, stony broke, cleaned out, in Queer Street; Brit. informal, dated in Carey Street. ANTONYMS solvent. 2 this government is bankrupt of ideas: completely lacking in, without, bereft of, exhausted of, devoid of, empty of, depleted of, destitute of, vacant of, bare of, denuded of, deprived of; in need of, wanting; informal minus, sans. ANTONYMS teeming with. ▶noun he was soon a bankrupt: insolvent, bankrupt person; debtor; pauper. ▶verb the strike nearly bankrupted the union: ruin, make bankrupt, cause to go bankrupt, make insolvent, impoverish, reduce to penury /destitution, bring to ruin, bring someone to their knees, wipe out, break, cripple; rare pauperize, beggar.

 

bankruptcy

bankruptcy noun many companies were facing bankruptcy: insolvency, liquidation, failure, (financial ) ruin, ruination, debt, indebtedness; penury, beggary; Brit. administration, receivership; rare pauperdom. ANTONYMS solvency.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bankrupt

bank rupt /bǽŋkrʌpt, -rəpt /〖bank (銀行 )rupt (破れた )〗形容詞 比較なし 1 〈人 会社などが 〉破産した , 支払い不能の ▸ go [become ] bankrupt 破産 [破綻 （たん ）]する ▸ The company was declared bankrupt , owing 5 billion yen .その会社は50億円の負債を抱えて破産宣告を受けた 2 ｟かたく 非難して ｠〈人が 〉【持つべき良い資質を 】欠いて «of , in » ▸ morally bankrupt モラルに欠けて 動詞 他動詞 〈人 事業など 〉を破産させる .名詞 C 1 〘法 〙破産者 .2 (人格的 )破綻者 .

 

bankruptcy

bank rupt cy /bǽŋkrʌp (t )si, -rəp (t )-/→bankrupt 名詞 複 -cies /-z /1 U C 破産 , 倒産 ▸ declare [file for ] bankruptcy 破産宣言 [申請 ]をする ▸ go into bankruptcy 破産する 2 U 〖修飾語句と共に 〗(良い資質を )欠いている状態; (計画 名誉の )破綻 （たん ）.