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How to pronounce “bankrupt”
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Pronunciation guide for bankrupt
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of bankrupt with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Radhanath Swami
He went bankrupt.
- Definition summary
- (finance, of a person, company, etc.) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent. [from 1565]
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How to pronounce bankrupt
Radhanath Swami

He went bankrupt.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “bankrupt”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (finance, of a person, company, etc.) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent. [from 1565]
- (figurative) Destitute of, or wholly lacking a good quality, value, etc. one should possess or once possessed. [from 1567]
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
- (card games) to get placed last in Tycoon with the bankruptcy rule
- [Noun]
- One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person; a bankruptee.
- (UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
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