Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy: "The term BANK is derived from banco, the Italian word for bench, as the Lombard Jews in Italy kept benches in the market place, where they exchanged money and bills, When a banker failed, his bench was broken up by the populace; and from this circumstance sprang the term bankrupt "(Francis, History of the Bank of England, p.15)."
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That's interesting. In America, bankrupt means that you can break up your credit cards. Creditrupt.
ReplyDeleteIn American, first you get the money, then you get the women, then you get the divorce, then you get the bankrupt.
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