bankrupt

en faillite

Qui ne peut pas payer ses dettes, notamment lorsque cette situation a été officiellement reconnue par un tribunal.

En anglais simple : Unable to pay your debts, especially when a court has officially recognized this.

• The company went bankrupt.
• A court declared him bankrupt last year.
• Creditors tried to recover money from the bankrupt business.

Comment l'utiliser : go bankrupt (The business went bankrupt after losing its biggest customer.); be declared bankrupt (She was declared bankrupt in June.)

Synonymes : insolvent

Contraires : solvent

Expressions courantes : go bankrupt, declared bankrupt, bankrupt company

fauché, sans le sou

Qui n’a plus du tout d’argent.

En anglais simple : Having no money left.

• I am bankrupt until payday.
• That holiday left us almost bankrupt.
• After buying the tickets, she felt completely bankrupt.

Synonymes : broke, penniless

Contraires : rich

Expressions courantes : completely bankrupt, almost bankrupt

dépourvu, vide

Qui manque totalement d’une qualité importante, comme l’honnêteté ou la capacité à trouver de nouvelles idées.

En anglais simple : Completely lacking an important good quality, such as honesty or new ideas.

• Their policy is morally bankrupt.
• The movement seemed intellectually bankrupt.
• The leadership was bankrupt of new ideas.

Comment l'utiliser : bankrupt of something (The party is bankrupt of fresh ideas.)

Synonymes : empty, devoid

Expressions courantes : morally bankrupt, intellectually bankrupt, bankrupt of ideas

ruiner, mettre en faillite

Mettre quelqu’un dans une situation où il ne peut plus payer ses dettes.

En anglais simple : To make someone unable to pay their debts.

• The lawsuit could bankrupt him.
• Rising costs bankrupted the company.
• Will these losses bankrupt the business?

Synonymes : ruin

Expressions courantes : bankrupt a company, bankrupt someone