bust
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5.4
- adjective
- /bʌst/
- Informal
- Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust.
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Watch on YouTubeSo if our banks are going bust right now, what does that mean?
- So if our banks are going bust right now, what does that mean?
- You can get rich very quickly or go bust very quickly.
- Well, most successful entrepreneurs have gone bust, right?
- And then when that bet doesn't come in, they don't go, they go bust.
- Now for me, my fears drive me forward because it's the fear of going bust.
- And on that day that when the day Lehman went bust, I was on a plane incommunicado, I land.
- And we both know Piers friends who have done one event too big and it's sent them under and they've gone bust.
- A lot of private banks went bust in this country around the revolutionary period, again around the Civil War.
- I have seen it happen to people who have all the money in the world and people who are flat busted broke.
Examples
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I'm way too scared to put too much in stocks and have the company(ies) go bust, and then I'm bust!
Blog text (2) -
The restaurant went bust due to lack of customers during the pandemic.
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You can get rich very quickly or go bust very quickly.
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A lot of private banks went bust in this country around the revolutionary period, again around the Civil War.
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The war went on far too long, and when Britain emerged, the country was bust.
Academic text (1993) -
The facts are our pension plans are going bust, they're bankrupt.
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I'm bust.
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After the market crash, many people found themselves bust and unable to pay their bills.
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He lost all his savings in bad investments and now he's completely bust.
Synonyms
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4.2
Not able to pay debts
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7.1
A company or shop that is not operating because it has no money
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7.2
Having no money after a big loss
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8.6
Having no money at all
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9.9
Having little or no money
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9.3
With no money at all
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
5
9.9
To release semen during sex and used jokingly to show extreme excitement
Compounds
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7.6
A police action in which officers pretend to buy illegal drugs to arrest sellers
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Bust meaning 'having no money' comes from the idea of being 'broken' financially, like being 'busted' or broke, so if your money is finished you are 'bust'.