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View synonyms for insolvency

insolvency

[ in-sol-vuhn-see ]

noun

  1. the condition of being insolvent; bankruptcy.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of insolvency1

First recorded in 1650–60; insolv(ent) + -ency

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Example Sentences

For Carter, the cause of this insolvency was the global Cold War.

And with 10,000 aging baby boomers reaching eligibility every day, Medicare and Social Security are nearing insolvency.

States increasingly facing debt burdens that threaten insolvency.

And like Vietnam, it has helped bring us to the brink of insolvency as well.

This potential double-whammy could push the Palestinian Authority towards insolvency.

They can never be taken from the capital, for this would impair it and, if continued, result in the insolvency of the corporation.

Four months previous to the opening of this story he died in a state little better than insolvency.

The court of insolvency made that which was foreign, colonial property.

Sceptics, materialists, loaded with debt, they raised poverty to a system and laughed at their voluntary insolvency.

In it the criminal courts are held; there too are the offices of the court of probate and insolvency.

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