bankruptcy

English

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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)
• Jèrriais: banqueroute f
• 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

• Slovak: bankrot (sk) m
• Spanish: bancarrota (es) f
• Swedish: konkurs (sv) c
• Telugu: దివాళా తీయు
• Turkish: iflas (tr)
• Urdu: دیوالیہ پن (ur) m