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bust

 
 
/bʌst/ adjective

Translation

go bust If a business goes bust, it stops trading because it does not have enough money.
iflas etmek, batmak
His company went bust, leaving huge debts.14272503
UK informal ( US busted, /ˈbʌstɪd/) broken
bozuk, kırık, parçalanmış
My phone's bust - can I use yours?25031967
(Definition of bust adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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