| NOUN | state | bankruptcy | a state of complete lack of some abstract property |
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| state | bankruptcy, failure | inability to discharge all your debts as they come due | |
| act | bankruptcy | a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent |
| Sounds | bae'ngkrahpsiy; bae'ngkrahptsiy | |
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| Rhymes | absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy... | |
| Meaning | A state of complete lack of some abstract property. | |
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| Broader | failure | lack of success |
| Meaning | inability to discharge all your debts as they come due. | |
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| Example | "the company had to declare bankruptcy" | |
| Synonym | failure | |
| Broader | insolvency | The lack of financial resources |
| Spanish | bancarrota, insolvencia definitiva, quiebra | |
| Verbs | bankrupt | reduce to bankruptcy |
| Meaning | A legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent. | |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked |
| Spanish | bancarrota, insolvencia definitiva, quiebra | |
| Catalan | bancarrota, fallida, insolvència definitiva | |
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