Noun
- 1. bankruptcy, failure
- usage: a state of complete lack of some abstract property; "spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy"; "intellectual bankruptcy"
- 2. bankruptcy, failure, insolvency
- usage: inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"
- 3. bankruptcy, proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
- usage: a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent
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