insolvent

From in- +‎ solvent.

• enPR: ĭn-sŏlvʹ-ənt, IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɒlv.ənt/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɑːɫv.ənt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɒɫv.ənt/

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• Rhymes: -ɒlvənt

insolvent (comparative more insolvent, superlative most insolvent)

1. Unable to pay one's bills as they fall due.

   an insolvent debtor

2. Owing more than one has in assets.
3. Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner.

   an insolvent estate

• See also Thesaurus:impoverished

• solvent

• insolvency
• insolvently

insolvent (plural insolvents)

1. (law) One who is insolvent; an insolvent debtor.^[1]

• In England, before 1861, especially applied to persons who were not traders.

• “insolvent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

17th century, from Dutch insolvent (1582). Equivalent to in- +‎ solvent. The latter is younger in German.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnzɔlˈvɛnt/, (also) /ˈɪnzɔlˌvɛnt/

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insolvent (strong nominative masculine singular insolventer, comparative insolventer, superlative am insolventesten)

1. insolvent

   Synonyms: zahlungsunfähig, illiquide

   Synonyms: solvent, zahlungsfähig, zahlungskräftig, liquide, flüssig

• Insolvenz

• “insolvent” in Duden online
• “insolvent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From German insolvent.

insolvent (neuter singular insolvent, definite singular and plural insolvente)

1. insolvent

• solvent

• insolvens

• “insolvent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From German insolvent.

insolvent (neuter singular insolvent, definite singular and plural insolvente)

1. insolvent

• solvent

• insolvens

• “insolvent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from German insolvent.

insolvent m or n (feminine singular insolventă, masculine plural insolvenți, feminine and neuter plural insolvente)

1. bankrupt