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destitution
English
Etymology
From Old French destitution, from Latin d?stit?ti? (“abandoning”), from d?stitu?.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /d?st??tu???n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?st??tju???n/, /d?st??t?u???n/
Noun
destitution (countable and uncountable, plural destitutions)
- (obsolete) The action of deserting or abandoning.
- (now rare) Discharge from office; dismissal.
- The condition of lacking something.
- 1906, ‘Mark Twain’, in The Bible According to Mark Twain, 1996, p. 330:
- He requires of his fellow man obedience to a very creditable code of morals, but he observes without shame or disapproval his God's utter destitution of morals.
- 1906, ‘Mark Twain’, in The Bible According to Mark Twain, 1996, p. 330:
- An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.
- 2009, Rahila Gupta, The Guardian, 4 Aug 2009:
- Destitution forces many asylum seekers to end up working for extremely low wages in catering, cleaning and construction, for example, without any protection against unscrupulous employers.
- 2009, Rahila Gupta, The Guardian, 4 Aug 2009:
Related terms
- destitute
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?stit?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s.ti.ty.sj??/
Noun
destitution f (plural destitutions)
- discharge, dismissal
- deposition (of a politician etc.)
Further reading
- “destitution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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bankruptcy
English
Etymology
bankrupt +? -cy
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bæ?k??pts?/
Noun
bankruptcy (countable and uncountable, plural bankruptcies)
- (finance) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
Derived terms
- bankr.
- bankruptcy order
- moral bankruptcy
- pre-packaged bankruptcy
Related terms
- bankrupt
See also
- depression, economic downturn, financial crisis, insolvency, recession
- insolvent, receivership
- (slang) broke, bust, belly up
- (verb) (slang) go broke, go bust, go belly up
Translations
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