Dictionaries › English

bankruptcy

Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋ.kɹʌp(t).si/

The English word “bankruptcy” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
  2. A rule in Tycoon where if the top player does not get first place that round, they instantly get last place

Etymology

From bankrupt + -cy, replacing earlier bankruptship.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “bankruptcy” there

More English words

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.