in solvent

adjective

not solvent; unable to satisfy creditors or discharge liabilities, either because liabilities exceed assets or because of inability to pay debts as they mature.

pertaining to bankrupt persons or bankruptcy.

noun

a person who is insolvent.

Origin:
1585–95; in-³ + solvent

Synonyms
1. penniless, destitute, impoverished, bankrupt.

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insolvent (ɪnˈsɒlvənt)

—*adj*
1.	(of a person, company, etc) having insufficient assets to meet debts and liabilities; bankrupt
2.	of or relating to bankrupts or bankruptcy

—n
3.	a person who is insolvent; bankrupt

in'solvency

—n

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insolvent

1591, "unable to pay one's debts," from in- "not" + L. solventem "paying" (see solvent). Originally of one who was not a trader; only traders could become bankrupt.

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"Speak as you think, be what you are, pay your debts of all kinds. I prefer to be owned as sound and solvent, and my word as good as my bond, and to be what cannot be skipped, or dissipated, or undermined, to all the eclat in the universe. This reality is the foundation of friendship, religion, poetry, and art."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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