Synonyms for bankrupts

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : bangk-ruhpt, -ruhpt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæŋk rʌpt, -rəpt

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Définition of bankrupts

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).

As in pauper : noun person who is poor
As in beggar : noun person in financial trouble
As in debtor : noun purchaser
As in have-not : noun pauper
As in moocher : noun beggar
As in ruination : noun ruin
As in failure : noun person who does not succeed
As in reduce : verb make less; decrease
As in ruin : verb devastate, destroy
As in impoverish : verb make poor
As in break : verb weaken, cause instability
As in pauperize : verb ruin
As in poop : verb exhaust
As in tire out : verb exhaust
As in deplete : verb consume, exhaust supply
As in deprive : verb keep or take away something wanted, needed
As in dismantle : verb take apart
As in divest : verb dispossess; take off
As in do in : verb destroy; exhaust
As in drain : verb remove liquid; remove supply
As in exhaust : verb tire or wear out
As in exhaust : verb consume, use up
As in go under : verb fail, submerge

Example sentences :

Here have I found that which shames and bankrupts the Ideal!
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

My last was about Basinghall Street, attorneys, and bankrupts.
Extract from : « Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay » by George Otto Trevelyan

Some bankrupts have paid their debts, like honest men, with them.
Extract from : « The Young Man's Guide » by William A. Alcott

I held, for some years, the office of commissioner of bankrupts, with about 60l.
Extract from : « The Works of William Cowper » by William Cowper

There were unfortunates who had to pay security debts for bankrupts.
Extract from : « Dixie After the War » by Myrta Lockett Avary

Ah, every moment adds a suitor hope To th' bankrupts in my heart.
Extract from : « The Mortal Gods and Other Plays » by Olive Tilford Dargan

Bankrupts, attorneys, and men of desperate fortunes are his colleagues.
Extract from : « The Loyalists of Massachusetts » by James H. Stark

So that little in the way of entertaining is to be expected from the bankrupts.
Extract from : « Worldly Ways and Byways » by Eliot Gregory

At least, the jolliest fellows I know are bankrupts, or no better.
Extract from : « In Kedar's Tents » by Henry Seton Merriman

If so, let them call for the Gazette, and look over the list of bankrupts.
Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 14, Issue 386, August 22, 1829 » by Various

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