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insolvent definition

in·sol·vent (in säl′vənt)

adjective

  1. not solvent; unable to pay debts as they become due; bankrupt
  2. not enough to pay all debts an insolvent inheritance
  3. of insolvents or insolvency

noun

an insolvent person

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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