Antonyms for bankrupt
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : bangk-ruhpt, -ruhpt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæŋk rʌpt, -rəpt |
Definition of bankrupt
Origin :- 1560s, from Italian banca rotta, literally "a broken bench," from banca "moneylender's shop," literally "bench" (see bank (n.1)) + rotta "broken, defeated, interrupted" from (and remodeled on) Latin rupta, fem. past participle of rumpere "to break" (see rupture (n.)). "[S]o called from the habit of breaking the bench of bankrupts" [Klein]. Earlier in English as a noun, "bankrupt person" (1530s).
- adj unable to pay debts
- You may be punctual in that to half a second on the clock, and yet be Bankrupt.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- It was a laugh—a faint, broken, bankrupt echo of her old happy laughter.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- The bankrupt garret had dropped a cake of its rotten plaster.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- "I'm not bankrupt, either," said old Uthoug, fixing his red eyes on her face.
- Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
- When you tell me you cease to endorse my pledges, I feel I am a bankrupt in your esteem.'
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- He was ruined in every way, but a man possessed of passion is not a bankrupt in life.
- Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
- When I said 'spy,' it was in the bankrupt misery of a man who had nothing else to offer.
- Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
- He owed her five thousand dollars, and if she demanded payment, he was a bankrupt.
- Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
- He had to make the first payment on the invoice of that bankrupt stock.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- It is the habitual exaggerator who will perhaps be bankrupt.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
Synonyms for bankrupt
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