bankrupt
/ˈbæŋkrʌpt/adjective
उच्चारण बैंक्रप्ट
दिवालिया
Core wordPYP · asked 3 times
Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
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without enough money to pay what you owe, and officially declared by a court to be so
दिवालिया
- The company went bankrupt in the recession.
- He was declared bankrupt.
- The airline went bankrupt after years of losses.
+ 2 more examples
- The shop owner was bankrupt after the floods destroyed his stock.
- Several firms were declared bankrupt that year.
Synonyms insolvent ruined broke penniless bust
Opposite solvent prosperous wealthy in credit
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~ (of sth) formal, disapproving
completely lacking in a particular good quality
(किसी गुण से) पूरी तरह रिक्त
- a government that is morally bankrupt
- bankrupt of ideas
- A policy that is morally bankrupt never solves real problems.
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- The speech was bankrupt of any fresh ideas.
- He called the argument intellectually bankrupt.
Synonyms devoid lacking bereft destitute
Opposite rich in full of
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[T] ~ sb/sth
to make somebody bankrupt
दिवालिया बना देना
- The court case bankrupted the family.
- Several bad investments bankrupted the once-wealthy merchant within a single year.
- Gambling bankrupted him in a few months.
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- Heavy taxes nearly bankrupted the small farmers.
- The expensive lawsuit bankrupted the old firm.
Synonyms ruin impoverish break beggar
Opposite enrich
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
be / go / become bankrupt
Go bankrupt describes the event of failing financially; be bankrupt describes the state afterwards.
'Go bankrupt' आर्थिक रूप से असफल होने की घटना बताता है; 'be bankrupt' उसके बाद की अवस्था बताता है।
- The airline went bankrupt last year.
- After the lawsuit, he was bankrupt.
bankrupt + noun / declared bankrupt
A court declares a person or company bankrupt; the adjective can also stand before a noun.
अदालत किसी व्यक्ति या कंपनी को bankrupt घोषित करती है; यह adjective noun से पहले भी आ सकता है।
- The court declared the builder bankrupt.
- The bankrupt firm owes crores to banks.
bankrupt of + noun (figurative)
In a formal, figurative use, bankrupt of means completely lacking a quality such as ideas or morals.
औपचारिक, लाक्षणिक प्रयोग में 'bankrupt of' का अर्थ किसी गुण, जैसे विचार या नैतिकता, से पूरी तरह खाली होना है।
- The speech was bankrupt of fresh ideas.
bankrupt (verb) + sb / sth
As a verb, bankrupt means to ruin someone financially, and it often appears in the passive.
Verb के रूप में 'bankrupt' का अर्थ किसी को आर्थिक रूप से बरबाद करना है और यह प्रायः passive में आता है।
- The long strike nearly bankrupted the mill.
- He was bankrupted by his brother's debts.
+Collocations 4
verb + bankrupt
gobe declaredbe adjudgedfile fordrive sb
- The company filed for bankruptcy after it lost its biggest client.
bankrupt + noun
companytraderairlinestateestate
- The bankrupt trader sold his shop to pay the creditors.
adverb + bankrupt
almostnearlyfinanciallymorallycompletely
- The scandal left the party morally bankrupt.
related nouns
bankruptcycreditorliquidationinsolvencyreceiver
- The creditors met to discuss the firm's insolvency.
“More examples 5
- Many small traders went bankrupt during the lockdown.
लॉकडाउन के दौरान कई छोटे व्यापारी दिवालिया हो गए।
- The cooperative bank was declared bankrupt by the court.
सहकारी बैंक को अदालत ने दिवालिया घोषित कर दिया।
- His careless spending finally bankrupted him.
उसके लापरवाह खर्च ने अंततः उसे दिवालिया कर दिया।
- The party is intellectually bankrupt and has no new policy.
पार्टी बौद्धिक रूप से दिवालिया है और उसके पास कोई नई नीति नहीं है।
- She feared the company would become bankrupt before the salaries were paid.
उसे डर था कि वेतन चुकाए जाने से पहले कंपनी दिवालिया हो जाएगी।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The company has been bankruptcy.
✓ The company has gone bankrupt.
Bankruptcy is a noun; the adjective bankrupt is needed after go or be.
'Bankruptcy' noun है; go या be के बाद adjective 'bankrupt' चाहिए।
✗ The trader has bankrupted after the floods.
✓ The trader has gone bankrupt after the floods.
Bankrupt as a verb needs an outside cause as subject; for the trader's own failure use go bankrupt.
Verb 'bankrupt' के लिए बाहरी कारण subject होना चाहिए; व्यापारी की अपनी असफलता के लिए 'go bankrupt' लिखिए।
✗ The firm declared bankrupt last month.
✓ The firm was declared bankrupt last month.
A court declares a firm bankrupt, so the passive was declared is needed.
कंपनी को अदालत दिवालिया घोषित करती है, इसलिए passive 'was declared' चाहिए।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Bankrupt, insolvent and broke all describe lack of money, but they differ in how official and how serious the situation is.
तीनों का अर्थ धन की कमी है, पर आधिकारिकता और गंभीरता में अंतर है।
Officially declared by a court as unable to pay debts.
अदालत द्वारा ऋण चुकाने में असमर्थ घोषित।
- The builder was declared bankrupt.
Unable to pay debts when they fall due, whether or not a court has said so.
देय होने पर ऋण चुकाने में असमर्थ, चाहे अदालत ने घोषित किया हो या नहीं।
- The firm was insolvent for two years before it closed.
Informal; having no money at the moment, often only for a short time.
अनौपचारिक; इस समय पास में धन न होना, प्रायः थोड़े समय के लिए।
- I am broke until the end of the month.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
bank·rupt
With -rupt (not 'bankrupcy' for the noun; the noun is bankruptcy with -ptcy).
अंत में -rupt (noun के लिए 'bankrupcy' गलत है; noun bankruptcy, -ptcy के साथ)।
⌂Word origin and word building
From the Italian banca rotta, 'broken bench', the moneylender's table that was broken when he failed.
Italian banca rotta, 'टूटी बेंच', से, साहूकार की मेज़ जो उसके दिवालिया होने पर तोड़ दी जाती थी।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person unable to pay debts is bankrupt or insolvent; the state is bankruptcy or insolvency.
'जो कर्ज़ न चुका सके' bankrupt या insolvent; यह स्थिति bankruptcy या insolvency।
General knowledge
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016.
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 भारत का क़ानून है, जो दिवालिया कंपनियों और व्यक्तियों के मामलों को समयबद्ध तरीक़े से निपटाने के लिए बनाया गया है।