Both Uses of
bankrupt
in
David Copperfield
- Steerforth said) than the lowest boy in the school; that he had been, a good many years ago, a small hop-dealer in the Borough, and had taken to the schooling business after being bankrupt in hops, and making away with Mrs. Creakle's money.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- Bankrupt, as he believed, alike in circumstances, in all other hope, and in honour, his sole reliance was upon the monster in the garb of man," ' — Mr. Micawber made a good deal of this, as a new turn of expression, — ' "who, by making himself necessary to him, had achieved his destruction.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(bankrupt as in: company went bankrupt) legally declared to be unable to pay money that is owed
or (informally): the state of having little or no money