'Insolvent' definitions:
Definition of 'insolvent'
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Definition of 'Insolvent'
From: GCIDE
- Insolvent \In*sol"vent\, a. [Pref. in- not + solvent: cf. OF. insolvent.] (Law) (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. [1913 Webster]
- 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; bankruptcy law. See Bankrupt law, under Bankrupt, a. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Insolvent'
From: GCIDE
- Insolvent \In*sol"vent\, n. (Law) One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'insolvent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bankrupt,
- broke,
- broken,
- busted,
- destitute,
- down-and-out,
- failed,
- failure,
- fortuneless,
- homeless,
- impoverished,
- in Queer Street,
- in receivership,
- in the gutter,
- in the red,
- indebted,
- insolvent debtor,
- lame duck,
- landless,
- moneyless,
- on the rocks,
- out of funds,
- penniless,
- propertyless,
- ruined,
- unsound,
- wiped out,
- without a sou