Definitions
Unable to pay debts, or completely lacking something valuable.
Word origin
Partial calque of Italian bancarotta (literally “a broken bench”), from banca (“bank”, literally “bench”) + rotta (“broken, rupted”), which refers to an out-of-business bank, having its bench physically broken, signifying that the working moneylender was insolvent.
Used in a sentence
“a bankrupt merchant”
“"How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly."”
“a morally bankrupt politician”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Insolvent”8 letters
02“Unable to pay debts”8 letters
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