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insolvency definition - finance
The condition of being unable to pay debts that are due. An insolvent person or company is likely to end up in bankruptcy.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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