BankruptMoney-lenders in Italy used to display the money they had to lend out on a banco or bench. When one of these money-lenders was unable to continue business, his bench or counter was broken up, and he himself was spoken of as a bancorotto —i.e. a bankrupt. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Bankrupt from Infoplease:
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