Bankruptcy

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Bankruptcy Meaning and Definition in Dictionary
Definitions from Wordnet 2.0
- a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared in 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"
- a state of complete lack of some abstract property; "spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy"; "intellectual bankruptcy"
Definitions from Wiktionary
- 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" ,
- a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent
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Wikipedia Meaning and Definition on 'Bankruptcy'
- Bankruptcy: Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors . ...
- Bankruptcy in the United States: Bankruptcy in the United States is governed under the United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4) which authorizes Congress ...
- Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers: Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on September 15, 2008. The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers remains the largest ...
- Personal bankruptcy: Personal bankruptcy is a procedure which, in certain jurisdiction s, allows an individual to declare bankruptcy . bankruptcies are ...
- Bankruptcy in the United Kingdom: Bankruptcy in the United Kingdom does not have a singular law. There is one system for England and Wales , one for Northern Ireland and ...
Words and phrases related to 'Bankruptcy'
| breakage | breakdown | bust | collapse | crash |
| crippling | damage | defeat | destruction | detriment |
| dilapidation | disablement | disrepair | encroachment | failure |
| futility | harm | hobbling |

