Associations to the word «Insolvent»

Wiktionary

INSOLVENT, adjective. Unable to pay one's bills as they fall due.
INSOLVENT, adjective. Owing more than one has in assets.
INSOLVENT, adjective. Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner.
INSOLVENT, noun. (legal) One who is insolvent; an insolvent debtor.

Dictionary definition

INSOLVENT, noun. Someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts.
INSOLVENT, adjective. Unable to meet or discharge financial obligations; "an insolvent person"; "an insolvent estate".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope