bankruptcy

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

bankruptcy UK US [ˈbæŋ.krəp t.si] legal noun [ bankruptcies ]
1. countable or uncountable a situation in which a business or a person becomes bankrupt
• The company was forced into bankruptcy.
• The toll of bankruptcies was rising daily.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Poverty and poor ↑Starting, succeeding and failing in business
2. uncountable when an important quality or influence is completely absent
• moral bankruptcy
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Lacking things ↑Scarce, inadequate and not enough ↑Essential or necessary