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bankruptcy

 
/ˈbæŋkrəptsi/ noun [C, U]

Translation

when a person or organization becomes bankrupt
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Factories that continue to make losses could soon face bankruptcy.14171427
(Definition of bankruptcy noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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