bankruptとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈbæŋ.kɹəpt/, /ˈbæŋ.kɹʌpt/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈbæŋk.ɹəpt/, /ˈbæŋk.ɹʌpt/

形容詞

bankrupt (comparative more bankrupt, superlative most bankrupt)

1. In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.

   a bankrupt merchant

2. Having been legally declared insolvent.
3. Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, または something one should possess).

   a morally bankrupt politician

   • (Can we date this quote by Sheridan かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     bankrupt in gratitude

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:impoverished

派生語

• bankrupt cart
• bankruptcy
• go bankrupt

参考

• defunct
• illiquid
• insolvent

動詞

bankrupt (三人称単数 現在形 bankrupts, 現在分詞 bankrupting, 過去形および過去分詞形 bankrupted)

1. (transitive) To force into bankruptcy.

名詞

bankrupt (複数形 bankrupts)

1. One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
2. (Britain, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Blackstone to this entry?)

参照

• “Bankrupt” in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, 2004, →ISBN.