Definition of insolvent Insolvent

/ɪnsɑˈlvʌnt/ - [insalvunt] - in•sol•vent

We found 11 definitions of insolvent from 6 different sources.

What does insolvent mean?

Adjective
insolvent - unable to meet or discharge financial obligations; "an insolvent person"; "an insolvent estate"
		solvent capable of meeting financial obligations

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insolvent (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.
insolvent (a.)
Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate.
insolvent (a.)
Relating to persons unable to pay their debts.
insolvent (n.)
One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders.

insolvent
in-solv′ent, adj. not able to pay one's debts: bankrupt: pertaining to insolvent persons.—n. one unable to pay his debts.—n. Insolv′ency, bankruptcy