deadpool

(business, informal, ambitransitive) Of a company or project, to fail, to shut down, or to go bankrupt.

Alternative form of dead pool (“a game of predicting when people will die”). [A game of prediction or gambling that involves guessing when people, typically celebrities, will die.]

Alternative form of dead pool (“a point at which a reservoir no longer has enough water”). [A game of prediction or gambling that involves guessing when people, typically celebrities, will die.]