Insolvent
[ɪn'sɒlv(ə)nt] or [ɪn'sɑlvənt]
Definition
(adj.) unable to meet or discharge financial obligations; 'an insolvent person'; 'an insolvent estate' .
Checker: Tessie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in insolvent debtor.
(a.) Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate.
(a.) Relating to persons unable to pay their debts.
(n.) One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Bankrupt.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Bankrupt, ruined, penniless, beggared
ANT:Flush, flourishing, monied, thriving
Editor: Manuel
Definition
adj. not able to pay one's debts: bankrupt: pertaining to insolvent persons.—n. one unable to pay his debts.—n. Insolv′ency bankruptcy.
Editor: Lora
Unserious Contents or Definition
If you dream that you are insolvent, you will not have to resort to this means to square yourself with the world, as your energy and pride will enable you to transact business in a fair way. But other worries may sorely afflict you. To dream that others are insolvent, you will meet with honest men in your dealings, but by their frankness they may harm you. For a young woman, it means her sweetheart will be honest and thrifty, but vexatious discords may arise in her affairs.
Typist: Marvin
Examples
- And slavery was the fate of the insolvent debtor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is too insolvent a state of things for any one with any self-respect to entertain, and is universally scouted. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was as good-natured a dancing-master as ever danced to the Insolvent Court, and he kept his word. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This is too insolvent a state of things for the Father to entertain. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- These gentlemen are the Commissioners of the Insolvent Court, and the place in which they sit, is the Insolvent Court itself. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You're a man of talent; you can get anybody through the Insolvent Court, Pell; and your country should be proud of you. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The condemned felon has as good a yard for air and exercise in Newgate, as the insolvent debtor in the Marshalsea Prison. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The shabbiness of these attendants upon shabbiness, the poverty of these insolvent waiters upon insolvency, was a sight to see. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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