0 unable to pay what you owe, and having had control of your financial matters given, by a law court, to a person who sells your property to pay your debts: --
1 a person who is officially bankrupt: --
He was declared a bankrupt in 2011.
4 unable to pay what you owe, and having control of your financial matters given, by a court of law, to a person who sells your property to pay your debts: --
declare sb bankrupt She was officially declared bankrupt last week.
be/go bankrupt He went bankrupt after only a year in business.
5 a person who is officially bankrupt: --
He was declared a bankrupt in 2007.
A woman was bankrupted by being left £1 million in shipping shares.
If that is so, from what classes have the bankrupts mostly come?
Evidently the circulation of this popular paper among bankrupts has gone up from 6,000 to 15,000.
Is it not desirable that undischarged bankrupts should not frequently change their names, which leads to confusion?
They may be bankrupted because of their redundancy bill.
The public sector cannot be bankrupted because no strict cash limits have been imposed.
If they break the law, are they to be bankrupted?
They want to know how they can reduce their capacity quickly without bankrupting themselves or the concerns in which they are involved.
