1.
[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]