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How to spell bankrupt
Bankrupt is spelled B-A-N-K-R-U-P-T.
What it means: Financially ruined or unable to pay debts.
In a sentence: The shop had to close because it went bankrupt.
Same family: bankruptcy, bankruptcies, bankrupted, insolvent, debt. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: Bankrupt comes from Italian "banca rotta," meaning "broken bench," because in medieval times a moneylender’s bench in the market was sometimes literally broken to show they could no longer do business. Over time, this image of a "broken bank" became our word for someone who cannot pay their debts.
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