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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts;
[syn: bankrupt, insolvent]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. unable to meet or discharge financial obligations;
- Example: "an insolvent person"
- Example: "an insolvent estate"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

insolvent adj 1: unable to meet or discharge financial obligations; "an insolvent person"; "an insolvent estate" [ant: solvent] n 1: someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts [syn: bankrupt, insolvent]