- Belly up - Legally broke person - Legally insolvent - Punk brat was ruined financially - A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts
tending to defraud his creditors. - A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an
insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts;
an insolvent person. - A person who, in accordance with the terms of a law
relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially declared to be unable to
meet his liabilities.
- Ascertainment - The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying
open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. - A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt
is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. - Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown
or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the
blood. - That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the
first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet
were an important discovery. - Exploration; examination.
- Concealment - cover up scandal - Watery house paint - Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something,
as a wash for making the skin fair. - A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and
water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of
lime. - To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten
with whitewash. - To make white; to give a fair external appearance to;
to clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear (a bankrupt)
from obligation to pay debts.