- 1. 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. Source: opted
- 2. a. Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate. Source: opted
- 3. a. Relating to persons unable to pay their debts. Source: opted
- 4. n. One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders. Source: opted
- 5. adj. unable to meet or discharge financial obligations Source: wordnet
- 6. n. someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts Source: wordnet
- 7. (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. (b) Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate. (c) Relating to persons unable to pay their debts. Insolvent law, or Act of insolvency, a law affording relief, -- subject to various modifications in different States, -- to insolvent debtors, upon their delivering up their property for the benefit of their creditors. See Bankrupt law, under Bankrupt, a. One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders. Bouvier. Source: webster
- 8. One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England,before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders. Bouvier. Source: adambom
- 9. j:100 a. unable to meet or discharge financial obligations Source: ecdict
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