solvent
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5.5
- adjective
- /ˈsɑlvənt/
:
solvente
- The company took prudent measures to ensure it remained solvent despite the economic downturn.
- financially solvent
- remain solvent
- solvent banks
Lend freely to solvent institutions at a punitive rate.
- Lend freely to solvent institutions at a punitive rate.
- And it's smart because it it keeps a business certainly solvent much longer.
- Morse's banks were examined next by the clearinghouse and found to be solvent, too.
- And, and this led to a lot of speculation and concerns that, Oh my God, is Robin Hood not solvent.
- So pension is about income from a company that lasts you for the rest of your life if it's solvent.
Examples
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His league was solvent and seemed to be making profits.
Academic text (1994) -
At least investors and other banks could see what bets had been made and which banks were solvent.
Academic text (2010) -
And it's smart because it it keeps a business certainly solvent much longer.
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The numbers might say the bank is solvent, but how reliable are those numbers?
Blog text (3) -
I mean financially solvent, as they would say.
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Men should stay single to stay solvent and adapt to the times we live in.
Blog text (23) -
The shares are commanding a good market price, and his reputation is keeping the company solvent.
Fiction book (1991) -
Even in states with solvent fund programs, the state is slow to reimburse claims.
Academic text (1994) -
We must also recognize the institutional need to remain solvent, innovative, and educationally effective.
Academic text (1997) -
Poor management of the state-owned enterprises means that they require subsidies to stay solvent and thus drain scarce government resources.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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5.5
Having more money than you owe
Having enough money to pay debts
Antonyms
Compounds
How Solvent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Solvent in the money sense also comes from the old Latin word solvere, which meant 'to pay' or 'to loosen' and is the same root as solve. So to be solvent means you can 'pay' or settle your debts— you have enough money to meet what you owe.