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Friday 17 Jul 2009: Origin of bankrupt
The word bankrupt (bankroet in Dutch) originates from the Italian Renaissance expression "Banca rotta", which means broken table or bench. Merchants or money lenders in Northern Italy used to do business from their own bench or table, which would be destroyed by their creditors if they could not pay their debts.

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