insolvency

Insolvency is defined as the state of being bankrupt or unable to pay your debts.

(noun)

When a business owes so much money it cannot pay it back, this is an example of insolvency.

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See insolvency in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. insolvencies

the fact or condition of being insolvent; bankruptcy

See insolvency in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. in·sol·ven·cies
  1. The condition of being insolvent.
  2. An instance of being insolvent.

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