An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.

Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.

(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

(finance) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts. / Having been legally declared insolvent. / Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).

(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.

One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person. / (UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.

A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together. / A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.

(transitive) To fasten with a band. / (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist. / A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music. / A marching band.

(intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate. / (transitive, education) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.