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insolvency

  • [ɪnˈsɒlvn̩si]

noun insolvencies

  1. countable, uncountable The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of being unable to pay debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business. The company faces insolvency.
  2. countable, uncountable Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner. the insolvency of an estate
  3. countable, uncountable The condition of having more debts than assets.

Opposite: solvency

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Closest in meaning: bankruptcy, solvency, winding-up, liquidation, debtor, bia, bankrupt, default, collapse, failure, inability, incompetence, insol, insolvencies, bankruptness, solvability

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Opposite: solvency

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noun the condition of being insolvent

Españolinsolvencia
한국어지불 불능 jibul bulleung, 채무 초과 chaemu chogwa, 파산 pasan
日本語支払不能 shiharai-funō, 倒産 tōsan
中文無力償還 /无力偿还 wúlì chánghuán
Kiswahiliufilisi
Portuguêsinsolvência
Françaisinsolvabilité
DeutschInsolvenz, Zahlungsunfähigkeit
Italianoinsolvenza
Românăinsolvență, insolvabilitate
Русскийнеплатёжеспосо́бность neplatjožesposóbnostʹ, несостоя́тельность nesostojátelʹnostʹ
العربيةإِعْسَار ʔiʕsār, إِعْسَار مَالِيّ ʔiʕsār māliyy

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@misc{insolvency_2026,
  title = {insolvency},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/insolvency},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}