bankruptcy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bankruptcy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bankruptcy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bankruptcy n a state of complete lack of some abstract property; "spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy"; "intellectual bankruptcy" inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks" Synonym(s): bankruptcy, failure a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.