Meanings
adjective
- No longer in business or service; defunct.
1 more example
The first thing to say is that the world and European champions, who have won 21 trophies since Abramovich’s takeover in 2003 – more than any other English club during the period – will surely not be put out of business, however hard the financial restrictions that have been brought against them appear.
March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 倒閉 /倒闭
- 倒閉 /倒闭 (dǎobì)no longer in business
Dutch buiten bedrijf
- buiten bedrijfno longer in business
Finnish lakkautettu, jonka toiminta on lopetettu
- lakkautettuno longer in business
- jonka toiminta on lopetettuno longer in business
German außer Betrieb, nicht mehr im Geschäft
- außer Betriebno longer in business
- nicht mehr im Geschäftno longer in business
Indonesian gulung tikar
- gulung tikarno longer in business
Russian закрыться, обанкротиться
- закрыться (zakrytʹsja)no longer in business
- обанкротиться (obankrotitʹsja)no longer in business
Swedish ur funktion, i konkurs
- ur funktionno longer in business
- i konkursno longer in business
Cite this entry
APA
out of business. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20business
MLA
“out of business.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20business. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out of business,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20business.
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