Insolvent Definition

ĭn-sŏlvənt
adjective
Not solvent; unable to pay debts as they become due; bankrupt.
Webster's New World
Not enough to pay all debts.
An insolvent inheritance.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to bankrupt persons or entities.
American Heritage
Of insolvents or insolvency.
Webster's New World
Owing more than one has in assets.
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noun
An insolvent person.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Insolvent

Noun

Singular:
insolvent
Plural:
insolvents

Origin of Insolvent

Insolvent Sentence Examples

  • The insolvent debtor was withdrawn from the yoke of his creditor.

  • Report from the Select Committee on Acts respecting insolvent debtors.

  • His enterprises were unsuccessful; in 1761 he became insolvent, and the Society refused to be responsible for his debts.

  • There is a good deal of mystery about the end of Defoe's life; it used to be said that he died insolvent, and that he had been in jail shortly before his death.

  • When satisfied that a bank has become insolvent, the commissioner may take possession of it and wind up its affairs.

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