near bankruptcy

collocation in English

meaningsofnearandbankruptcy

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near
adjective[before noun]
uk
/nɪər/us
/nɪr/
not far away in distance, time, characteristics, ...
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bankruptcy
noun
uk
/ˈbæŋ.krəpt.si/us
/ˈbæŋ.krəpt.si/
a situation in which a business or a person ...
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(Definition ofnearandbankruptcyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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All they did was to hit the country intonearbankruptcy.
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What is going out of business if it is not anearbankruptcyor bankruptcy?
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They say that those who are obsessed with money are oftennearbankruptcy.
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Vice-principals of universities are saying that their universities arenearbankruptcy.
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He confirmed that overdrafts were very high—dangerously high—and he feared that many farmers werenearbankruptcy.
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Many of them arenearbankruptcy, and their own spokesmen have announced that they made a loss of 100 million dollars on the last occasion.
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Now it appears, when we are told that we arenearbankruptcy, that we can afford to spend more than £2,000 million a year on armaments.
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If the industry is handed back to those who brought itnearbankruptcy, trade union co-operation is unlikely.
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All that reduced agriculture to a condition verynearbankruptcy.
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This has scared off the customers, leaving the restaurantnearbankruptcy.
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It is thought that the increase in uninsured has drained public hospitals tonearbankruptcy.
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Nearbankruptcy, the partners sought new sources of capital.
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It facednearbankruptcyon a number of occasions.
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The company isnearbankruptcywith large debts.
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