n
One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
n
One who has been bankrupted.
n
One who causes a bankruptcy.
n
A person who defaults on debts.
n
(finance) The condition of being an obligation that has not been met.
n
one who fails to fulfill an obligation or perform a task, especially a legal or financial one.
n
A person who has not paid their debts.
adj
(archaic, colloquial) Caught up in debt; mortgaged.
n
The events that led up to the bankruptcy of the Enron Corporation, or by extension any similar events.
adj
Unable to pay one's bills as they fall due.
n
(finance) A fee deducted from money to be stored in a bank, instead of interest paid on that money.
n
(banking) non-sufficient funds
adj
(finance) Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.
adj
(finance) Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
n
(law) A penalty for failure to exercise common prudence and skill in the performance of a fiduciary's duties.
adj
(finance, economics, politics) Deemed too important to the economy or polity to be allowed to “fail”, that is to be liquidated or to go bankrupt.
adj
In debt; not having paid one's dues.
v
To fail to repay a small debt.
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