insolvent

Examples

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• The company went insolvent after years of losses, leaving many employees without their final paychecks.

• But China's four major banks are technically insolvent, and the last thing they need is a diminution of their asset base.

  Academic text (2000)

• But I think the banking system is completely insolvent in the United States.

  Meet Kevin

• A major bank went insolvent.

  Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It (2015)

• The laws in some states prevent the raising of taxes to pay off insolvent pension plans.

  Blog text (10)

• The government was supposed to reduce expenditures and close insolvent banks.

  Academic text (2004)

• The possibility that a state could become insolvent has grown likelier since the financial crisis.

  Blog text (6)

• The company became insolvent in October 1930 due to debt totaling $98,000.

  Academic text (2005)

• Many countries are insolvent, simply incapable of repayment, in the house of cards sustained by the World Bank.

  Academic text (1992)

• If the Fed consistently lends to insolvent banks, depositors can leave their funds in risky and even insolvent banks.

  Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

B

bankrupt

vsinsolvent

151 4.2

Not able to pay debts

can lack assets to pay debts without any legal declaration

B

broken

vsinsolvent

1 7.2

Having no money after a big loss

means inability to pay debts rather than general long-term ruin

Antonyms

S

solvent

15 5.5

Having enough money to pay debts and bills

How Solvent

secure

• Specialized

31 4.7

solvent

15 5.5

troubled

• Specialized

18 4.8

insolvent

• Specialized

18 7.7

bankrupt

151 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology