Bankruptcy synonyms

băngk'rəpt-sē, -rəp-sē

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financial loss or ruin
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
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repudiation
The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating.
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chapter 11
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
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nonpayment
The failure to make a payment
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defaulting
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
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overdraft
The maximum amount of credit extended to a customer.
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defalcation
Embezzlement
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liquidation
The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
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economic death
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
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pauperism
The state of being a pauper; poverty
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destitution
Extreme want of resources or the means of subsistence; complete poverty.
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indigence
The condition of being indigent
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privation
A depriving or being deprived; deprivation; specif., the loss or absence of some quality or condition
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distress
(Law) The act of distraining or seizing goods to compel payment or other satisfaction for a debt or other duty owed; distraint.
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straitened circumstances
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
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beggary
The state or condition of being a beggar.
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impecuniosity
The state of being impecunious; impecuniousness
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ruin
The state of being physically destroyed, collapsed, or decayed:
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ruination
The act of ruining or wrecking.
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going to the wall
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
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solvency (antonym)
The state of having enough funds or liquid assets to pay all of one's debts; the state of being solvent.
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prosperity (antonym)
The condition of being prosperous.
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soundness (antonym)
(Uncountable) The state or quality of being sound.
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wealth (antonym)
A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
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richness (antonym)
(Ecology) The number of types in a community.
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bust
A failure; a flop:
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failure
A becoming bankrupt
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insolvency
The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business; as, a merchant's insolvency.
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money (related)
Any substance or article used as money, as bank notes, checks, etc.
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nonaccomplishment
Something that does not achieve the intended goal.
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ruinousness
The quality of being ruinous.
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successlessness
Lack of success.
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debtor (related)
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bankrupcy (related)
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insolvent (related)
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repossession (related)
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bankrupt (related)
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creditor (related)
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winding up (related)
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receivership (related)
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divorce (related)
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Find another word for bankruptcy. In this page you can discover 41 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for bankruptcy, like: financial loss or ruin, repudiation, chapter 11, nonpayment, defaulting, overdraft, defalcation, liquidation, economic death, pauperism and destitution.
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  • The rest of us were spiraling toward bankruptcy when Howie turned to Martha.

  • Bankruptcy is an issue for many people trying to face debts from years' past.

  • Thus a nation which has to choose between bankruptcy and the repudiation of its debts is on the horns of a dilemma.

  • I am desperately trying to avoid bankruptcy by only buying necessities.

  • Scepticism, it must be confessed, was at the least well equipped to expose the bankruptcy of the post-Aristotelian dogmatism.

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