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n. A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

n. The state of being actually or legally bankrupt.

n. The act or process of becoming a bankrupt.

n. Complete loss; -- followed by of.

n. The state of being bankrupt or insolvent; inability to pay all debts; failure in trade.

n. Figuratively, utter wreck; ruin.

n. a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent

n. a state of complete lack of some abstract property

n. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due

"Get used to the fact that the term bankruptcy is meaningless in the context of what is going on, and for such enormous balance sheets like AIG's."

proceeding    proceedings    legal proceeding    failure    insolvency   

fraudulent bankruptcy    involuntary bankruptcy    discharge in bankruptcy    bankruptcy commissioner    commission of bankruptcy    voluntary bankruptcy    bankruptcy laws    fiat in bankruptcy    assignee in bankruptcy    act of bankruptcy   

moral bankruptcy    morally bankrupt   

divorce    starvation    anarchy    collapse    destitution    defeat    stagnation    breakdown    annihilation    dissolution