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語源

From bankrupt +‎ -cy, replacing earlier bankruptship.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈbæŋ.kɹʌp(t).si/
• (General American, without æ-raising) IPA: /ˈbæŋkˌɹʌp(t).si/, /ˈbæŋk.ɹəp(t).si/
  • (米国発音, Canada, æ-raising) IPA: /ˈbeɪ̯ŋkˌɹʌp(t).si/, /ˈbɛ̃ŋk.ɹəp(t).si/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈbæŋ.kɹɐ̞p(t).si/, /ˈbæŋ.kɹä̝p(t).si/
• ハイフネーション: bank‧rupt‧cy

名詞

bankruptcy (countable and uncountable, plural bankruptcies)

1. (finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

   The company ended up filing for bankruptcy.

   • 1956 May, “Transport in Ulster”, in Railway Magazine, page 279:

     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.

   • 1994, M. Lindsey Kaplan, Katherine Eggert, ““Good queen, my lord, good queen” - Sexual Slander and the Trials of Female Authority in “The Winter's Tale””, in Renaissance Drama‎, volume 25, →DOI, page 89 of 89–118:

     [T]he form of and redress for defamation are, for the most part, gendered. Imputations of bankruptcy, for example, which could have damaged a merchant and thus were actionable for a man, would probably have had little effect if directed toward a woman. In contrast, allegations of whoredom—which, while occasionally leveled at men, were not usually thought to injure male reputations—were overwhelmingly cited by women in the slander suits they brought.

2. (card games) A rule in Tycoon where if the top player does not get first place that round, they instantly get last place

派生語

参考

• (slang adjectives) broke, bust, belly up
• (slang verbs) go broke, go bust, go belly up