bankruptcy :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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

n. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

bankruptcy

n. a state of complete lack of some abstract property; "spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy"; "intellectual bankruptcy"

ebb, ebbing, wane

n. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

deterioration, worsening, decline in quality

n. process of changing to an inferior state

decline, decay

n. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

inadequacy, insufficiency, deficiency

n. lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

force, strength, forcefulness

n. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

depression, dent, indentation

n. the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

turkey, bomb, dud

n. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"

clutter, jumble, smother, muddle, welter, mare's nest

n. a confused multitude of things

mess, messiness, muss, mussiness

n. a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"

neglect, negligence, carelessness, nonperformance

n. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

dereliction, delinquency

n. willful negligence

failure

n. an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"

thunderclap

n. a single sharp crash of thunder

grumble, grumbling, rumble, rumbling

n. a loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling of thunder"

roll, peal

n. a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

racket

n. a loud and disturbing noise

clack, clack valve

n. a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction

clatter

n. a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); "the shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones"

boom, roar, thunder

n. a deep prolonged loud noise

bang, blast, eruption, blowup, clap, loud noise

n. a sudden very loud noise

crash, clash, clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, jangle, clangouring

n. a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells"

breakdown, crack-up

n. a mental or physical breakdown

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