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Insolvent vs. Solvent — What's the Difference?

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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