About The Word Insolvency
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Insolvency
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What's The Definition Of Insolvency?
[n] the lack of financial resources
Synonyms | Synonyms for Insolvency: Related Terms | Find terms related to Insolvency: bankruptcy | bouncing check | broken fortune | bust | collapse | crash | difficulties | distress | embarrassment | failure | genteel poverty | hard pinch | hardship | impecuniosity | impecuniousness | insufficient funds | kited check | light purse | narrow means | overdraft | overdrawn account | poorness | poverty | receivership | slender means | straitened circumstances | straits | tight squeeze | unprosperousness | voluntary poverty | vows of poverty See Also | bankruptcy | economic condition | failure | financial condition Insolvency In Webster's Dictionary \In*sol"ven*cy\, n.; pl. {Insolvencies}. (Law)
(a) The condition of being insolvent; the state or
condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition
of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall
due, or in the usual course of trade and business; as,
a merchant's insolvency.
(b) Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner; as,
the insolvency of an estate.
{Act of insolvency}. See {Insolvent law} under {Insolvent},
a.
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