INSOLVENCY, INSOLVENT
ADJECTIVES
1631 — NON-SOLVENT unable to pay what one owes; insolvent
1648 — INSOLVABLE not able to pay one’s debts; insolvent → obs.
1655 — FAILED bankrupt, insolvent
1656 — UNSOLVABLE insolvent → obs.
1668 — INSOLUTIVE not able to pay, insolvent → obs.
1870 — BUNG bankrupt; insolvent
1881 — UNFINANCIAL insolvent → orig. & chiefly Aust.
ADVERBS
1530 — BEHINDHAND in arrear as to the discharge of one’s liabilities, in a state of insolvency, in debt
NOUNS
1584 — BREAKING a becoming bankrupt; bankruptcy, financial insolvency → obs.
1702 — FAILURE a failing in business; insolvency, bankruptcy
1708 — NON-SOLVENCY inability or failure to pay what one owes; insolvency
1793 — INSOLVENCE a becoming insolvent
1839 — SMASH commercial failure; stoppage through insolvency; bankruptcy
NOUNS, PERSON
1563 — BANKRUPT a person who is unable to pay their debts; an insolvent person
1615 — MAN OF STRAW a person who is insolvent, or lacking in financial resources, esp. one who knowingly undertakes a financial commitment without having adequate means to honour it
1647 — NON-SOLVENT an insolvent person → obs.
VERBS
1682 — FAIL to become insolvent or bankrupt
1827 — BUST to reduce to insolvency, to bankrupt
1857 — SMASH to make insolvent or bankrupt
1870 — JACK UP to become bankrupt or insolvent → Eng. dial.
1875 — GO BUST to become insolvent or bankrupt
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