Translation
bankruptcy; failure
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Word origin
From Italian fallita, from fallire ('to fail'), which comes from Latin fallere ('to deceive'). English 'fail' shares the Latin root.
- Origin
- Italian
- Root
- fallire
- English cognates
- fail, fault
Grammar
Examples
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The company went bankrupt last year.
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The shop's bankruptcy put twenty people out of work.
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He is on the brink of bankruptcy.
éducative .
The failure of the education policy is obvious.
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The court declared the company bankrupt.
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