bankruptcy

Wikipedia

English

Etymology

bankrupt +‎ -cy

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbæŋkrʌptsɪ/

Noun

bankruptcy (plural bankruptcies)

1. A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

Derived terms

• (noun) pre-packaged bankruptcy
• (verb) to file for bankruptcy, to go bankrupt

Related terms

• (noun) depression, economic downturn, financial crisis, insolvency, recession
• (noun) (figuratively) moral bankruptcy
• (adjective) bankrupt, insolvent
• (adjective) (slang) broke, bust, belly up
• (adjective) (figuratively) morally bankrupt
• (verb) (slang) go broke, go bust, go belly up

Translations

legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency

Arabic: إفلاس (ar) ('iflaas) m. Armenian: սնանկացում (hy) (snankac’um) Bulgarian: фалит (bg) (falit), банкрут (bg) (bankrut) Chinese: Mandarin: 破產 (cmn), 破产 (cmn) (pòchǎn) Czech: úpadek (cs) m., bankrot (cs) m. Danish: bankerot (da) c., fallit (da) c., konkurs (da) c. Dutch: bankroet n., failliet n., faling f., surseance van betaling (nl) m. and f. Esperanto: bankroto (eo) Estonian: pankrot Finnish: konkurssi (fi), vararikko (fi) French: faillite (fr) f. German: Bankrott (de) m. Greek: πτώχευση (el) (ptóchefsi) f., χρεωκοπία (el) (chreokopía) f. Hebrew: פשיטת רגל (pshit'at regel) f. Hungarian: csőd (hu)

Icelandic: gjaldþrot (is) Indonesian: bangkrut (id) Italian: bancarotta (it) Japanese: 破産 (ja) (はさん, hasan), 破綻 (ja) (はたん, hatan), 倒産 (ja) (とうさん, tōsan) Latin: decoctio nom., decoctionis gen. Polish: bankructwo (pl) n. Portuguese: falência (pt) f., bancarrota (pt) f. Russian: банкротство (ru) (bankrótstvo) n. Scottish Gaelic: briseadh (gd) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сте̏ча̄ј (sh) m. Roman: stȅčāj (sh) m. Spanish: bancarrota (es) f. Swedish: konkurs (sv) c. Telugu: దివాళా తీయు Turkish: iflas (tr) Urdu: دیوالیہ پن (ur) m.