/ɪnˈsɒl.vənt/ - /ɪnˈsɑːl.vənt/
(Adj.) (Especially of a company) Not having enough money to pay debts, buy goods, etc. Unable to pay one's bills as they fall due. Owing more than one has in assets.
(Noun) One who is insolvent. An insolvent debtor. To be/become/be declared insolvent.
From in- 'not' + Latin solventem 'paying'. Solvent (adj.) - From French solvent, from Latin solventem (nominative solvens), present participle of solvere 'to loosen, release,accomplish, fulfill', from PIE *se-lu-, from reflexive pronoun *s(w)e- + root *leu- 'to loosen, divide, cut apart'.
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