Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BANK'RUPT-CY
BANK'RUPT-CY, n.
- The state of being a bankrupt, or insolvent; inability to pay all debts.
- The act of becoming a bankrupt; the act of renders one's self a bankrupt, as by absconding or otherwise; failure in trade.
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