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insolvent

/I/n's/A/lv/@/nt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. unable to meet or discharge financial obligations

    adj.all

    Examples
    An insolvent person.
    An insolvent estate.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in <i>insolvent</i> debtor.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

    noun.person

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

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