broke

/brouk/

Thân thiện

He broke his piggy bank to buy a new toy.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having no money; completely without funds: The primary meaning describes a person, organization, or entity that has no money left, often temporarily.
   • Bankrupt or financially ruined: Can describe a state of severe financial insolvency.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • I can't go to the concert; I'm completely broke until payday.
  • After paying all the bills, the company was broke and had to close.
  • He spent all his savings on the trip and came home broke.

Advanced Usage

• "to go broke": to lose all one's money; to become bankrupt.
  • Many small businesses went broke during the economic crisis.
• "flat/stony broke" (informal): completely and utterly without any money.
  • After buying that car, I'm flat broke.

Variants and Related Words

• Break (verb): The base verb from which 'broke' is derived as an adjective. Note: 'Broke' is also the simple past tense of 'break', but that is a separate grammatical function.
• Broken (adjective): Can describe a state of being shattered or not functioning. In financial contexts, it is less common than 'broke'.

Synonyms

• Penniless: Having no money.
• Bankrupt: Legally declared unable to pay debts.
• Insolvent: Unable to pay debts.
• Impoverished: Made poor.
• Skint (British slang): Having little or no money.

Antonyms

• Wealthy: Having a great deal of money.
• Affluent: Having a lot of money.
• Solvent: Having enough money to pay all debts.

Related Idioms

• "If it ain't broke, don't fix it": A proverb meaning one should not try to change something that is working satisfactorily.
  • The old system works fine. Remember, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
• "Go for broke": To risk everything in an all-out effort.
  • In the final round, the team decided to go for broke and use their most aggressive strategy.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. lacking funds
   • `skint' is a British slang term

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bust
• skint
• stone-broke
• stony-broke