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Insolvent

Insolvent Meaning & Definition
Insolvent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Insolvent?

[n] someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
[adj] unable to meet or discharge financial obligations; "an insolvent person"; "an insolvent estate"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Insolvent: bankrupt | bankrupt

Related Terms | Find terms related to Insolvent: bankrupt | broke | broken | busted | destitute | down-and-out | failed | failure | fortuneless | homeless | impoverished | in Queer Street | in receivership | in the gutter | in the red | indebted | insolvent debtor | lame duck | landless | moneyless | on the rocks | out of funds | penniless | propertyless | ruined | unsound | wiped out | without a sou

See Also | failure | loser | nonstarter | unsuccessful person

Insolvent In Webster's Dictionary

\In*sol"vent\, a. [Pref. in- not + solvent: cf. OF. insolvent.] (Law) (a) 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 insolvent debtor. (b) Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate. (c) Relating to persons unable to pay their debts. {Insolvent law}, or {Act of insolvency}, a law affording relief, -- subject to various modifications in different States, -- to insolvent debtors, upon their delivering up their property for the benefit of their creditors. See {Bankrupt law}, under {Bankrupt}, a.
\In*sol"vent\, n. (Law) One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders. --Bouvier.

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