English to English
insolvent
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adjective (a)
- unable to meet or discharge financial obligations(adj.all)Example:
An insolvent person.
An insolvent estate.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders.(noun)source: webster1913
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