Insolvent vs. Solvent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Insolvent and Solvent
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Insolvent
Unable to meet debts or discharge liabilities; bankrupt.
Solvent
A solvent (from the Latin solvō, "loosen, untie, solve") is a substance that dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution. A solvent is usually a liquid but can also be a solid, a gas, or a supercritical fluid.
Insolvent
Insufficient to meet all debts, as an estate or fund.
Solvent
Capable of meeting financial obligations.
Insolvent
Of or relating to bankrupt persons or entities.
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Solvent
(Chemistry) Capable of dissolving another substance.
Insolvent
A bankrupt.
Solvent
A substance in which another substance is dissolved, forming a solution.
Insolvent
Unable to pay one's bills as they fall due.
An insolvent debtor
Solvent
A substance, usually a liquid, capable of dissolving another substance.
Insolvent
Owing more than one has in assets.
Solvent
Something that solves or explains.
Insolvent
Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner.
An insolvent estate
Solvent
A fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
Insolvent
(legal) One who is insolvent; an insolvent debtor.
Solvent
That which resolves.
Insolvent
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.
Solvent
(finance) Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.
Insolvent
One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; - in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders.
Solvent
Having the power of dissolving; causing solution.
Insolvent
Someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
Solvent
Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid.
Insolvent
Unable to meet or discharge financial obligations;
An insolvent person
An insolvent estate
Solvent
Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.
Solvent
A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc.
Solvent
That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
Solvent
A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances;
The solvent does not change its state in forming a solution
Solvent
A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem;
They were trying to find a peaceful solution
The answers were in the back of the book
He computed the result to four decimal places
Solvent
Capable of meeting financial obligations
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