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bankruptcy

/bangk-ruhpt-see, -ruhp-see/US // ˈbæŋk rʌpt si, -rəp si //UK // (ˈbæŋkrʌptsɪ, -rəptsɪ) //

破产

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bank·rupt·cies.

    • : the state of being or becoming bankrupt.
    • : utter ruin, failure, depletion, or the like.

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Examples

  • A Delaware judge on Friday gave the green light to Simon to become part owner of Brooks Brothers, the two-centuries-old menswear retailer that was tipped into bankruptcy last month by the coronavirus pandemic.

  • A huge portion of consumer bankruptcies involve at least some amount of gambling that occurs.

  • During the first half of 2020, total bankruptcy filings — the vast majority of which were by individuals — were actually down 23 percent relative to the first half of 2019, according to court data from Epiq AACER.

  • Doing a few things that would slow down any sort of bankruptcy proceedings for any particular companies is probably the right thing.

  • Last year, Purdue filed for bankruptcy, but not before members of the Sackler family, the company’s owners, redirected more than $10 billion from the firm’s accounts into their own.

  • Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice turned herself in to serve a 15-month sentence for bankruptcy fraud.

  • Slim turned Bush down, and Lehman filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, just weeks before the presidential election.

  • So while mourning the closing of De Robertis, consider that we might someday mourn the bankruptcy of whatever chain replaces it.

  • “Half of the stuff is gone because my wife took it, you know,” Roger Williams said during a bankruptcy-related hearing.

  • This was a series that traded the glorification of moral bankruptcy for family values.

  • The financial burden of the war, as the full measure of it dawned upon our minds, seemed to betoken a universal bankruptcy.

  • After one month, and within a year from the adjudication of bankruptcy, the bankrupt may apply for a discharge.

  • Another act of bankruptcy is to convey, transfer, conceal or remove property with the intention to defraud creditors.

  • The federal Bankruptcy Act prescribes what property passes to the trustee and also what is exempt.

  • Every debt which may be recovered either at law or in equity may be proved in bankruptcy.