HOW TO PRONOUNCE
bankruptcy
/ˈbæŋkɹəptsi/
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Stress “bank” and listen for the ending cluster.
Keep p and t before the final see sound. Another pronunciation omits the t; both have three syllables and place primary stress at the beginning.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The article reviews the company's bankruptcy filing.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does bankruptcy mean?
noun
- A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
- A rule in Tycoon where if the top player does not get first place that round, they instantly get last place
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbæŋkɹəptsi/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ˈbæŋkˌɹʌp(t).si//ˈbæŋk.ɹəp(t).si/
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Nothing in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall prevent an entity from excluding any supplier on grounds such as bankruptcy or false declarations.
A bystander informed her, with some surprise at her ignorance, that it was a meeting of the Commissioners under Mr. Henchard’s bankruptcy.
More book examples (3)
The adulteration of the coin was, then, on the part of the king, a forced loan, or rather, a bankruptcy, a swindle.
At that time the B.'s appeared fairly well-to-do, but Mr. B. had been running up debts that later carried him into bankruptcy.
Of such bearing are changes affecting bankruptcy and receiverships, limited liability, banking and currency, coalitions of laborers or employers, trusts and pools.