insolventadj.n.

/ɪnˈsɒlvənt/

Etymology: < in- prefix⁴ + solvent adj. and n.Latin solvent-em paying.

A. adj. Not solvent.

1. Unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's liabilities; bankrupt. Said of persons, companies, commercial or financial concerns, estates, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [adjective] > insolvent

insolventa1626

non-solvent1631

insolvable1648

unsolvable1656

insolutive1668

a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 246 The..merchants tradinge those countries..became insolvent.

1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 57 Why should not insolvent thieves be rather punished with slavery than death?

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xvii. 71 The cruel treatment of the insolvent debtors of the state.

1817 Ld. Ellenborough in Maule & Selwyn's Rep. VI. 316 When he knew himself insolvent, and when ruin and bankruptcy were staring him in the face.

1871 W. Markby Elem. Law §548 A man may owe more than he is worth, and therefore if a money value is set on his collective legal relations he may be what is called insolvent.

1883 Law Times 20 Oct. 409/1 The proceedings connected with the management, in insolvent estates.

†2. Not able to be cashed or realized. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [adjective] > not convertible

insolvent1667

inconvertible1833

irredeemable1837

insolvable1846

1667 Ormonde MSS. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 45 Your petitioner received assignments for part of six moneths' pay for the said troop, part of which assignments proved insolvent.

1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) v. 400 How will the miser startle, to be told Of such a wonder, as insolvent gold?

3. Of, pertaining, or relating to insolvents or insolvency.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [adjective]

bankruptly1613

insolvent1837

1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 365 In Philadelphia, from six to eight hundred persons annually take the benefit of the insolvent laws.

1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing i, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 468/1 He had been through the Insolvent Court.

1853 T. I. Wharton Digest Cases Pennsylvania II. 19 A debtor who has no property whatever is nevertheless entitled to the benefit of the insolvent laws.

B. n.

An insolvent debtor.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [noun] > one who is insolvent

bankrupt?1563

bare-man1581

Ludgatian1600

non-solvent1647

insolvent1725

fraudulent1796

brosier1826

1725 I. Watts Logick i. vi. 131 An Insolvent is a Man that cannot pay his Debts.

1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Province Massachusets-Bay, 1691–1750 i. 65 Creditors of a deceased insolvent shall be paid their full debts.

1883 Wharton's Law-lexicon (ed. 7) An insolvent as distinguished from a bankrupt, was an insolvent who was not a trader; for originally only a trader could be made bankrupt, in the sense of obtaining an absolute discharge from his debts, while the future estate of an insolvent remained liable for his debts, even after his discharge.

Derivatives

† inˈsolventness n. Obsolete (Bailey vol. II 1727).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	insolvent
释义	insolventadj.n. /ɪnˈsɒlvənt/ Etymology: < in- prefix⁴ + solvent adj. and n.Latin solvent-em paying. A. adj. Not solvent. 1. Unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's liabilities; bankrupt. Said of persons, companies, commercial or financial concerns, estates, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [adjective] > insolvent insolventa1626 non-solvent1631 insolvable1648 unsolvable1656 insolutive1668 a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 246 The..merchants tradinge those countries..became insolvent. 1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 57 Why should not insolvent thieves be rather punished with slavery than death? 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xvii. 71 The cruel treatment of the insolvent debtors of the state. 1817 Ld. Ellenborough in Maule & Selwyn's Rep. VI. 316 When he knew himself insolvent, and when ruin and bankruptcy were staring him in the face. 1871 W. Markby Elem. Law §548 A man may owe more than he is worth, and therefore if a money value is set on his collective legal relations he may be what is called insolvent. 1883 Law Times 20 Oct. 409/1 The proceedings connected with the management, in insolvent estates. †2. Not able to be cashed or realized. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [adjective] > not convertible insolvent1667 inconvertible1833 irredeemable1837 insolvable1846 1667 Ormonde MSS. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 45 Your petitioner received assignments for part of six moneths' pay for the said troop, part of which assignments proved insolvent. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) v. 400 How will the miser startle, to be told Of such a wonder, as insolvent gold? 3. Of, pertaining, or relating to insolvents or insolvency. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [adjective] bankruptly1613 insolvent1837 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 365 In Philadelphia, from six to eight hundred persons annually take the benefit of the insolvent laws. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing i, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 468/1 He had been through the Insolvent Court. 1853 T. I. Wharton Digest Cases Pennsylvania II. 19 A debtor who has no property whatever is nevertheless entitled to the benefit of the insolvent laws. B. n. An insolvent debtor. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [noun] > one who is insolvent bankrupt?1563 bare-man1581 Ludgatian1600 non-solvent1647 insolvent1725 fraudulent1796 brosier1826 1725 I. Watts Logick i. vi. 131 An Insolvent is a Man that cannot pay his Debts. 1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Province Massachusets-Bay, 1691–1750 i. 65 Creditors of a deceased insolvent shall be paid their full debts. 1883 Wharton's Law-lexicon (ed. 7) An insolvent as distinguished from a bankrupt, was an insolvent who was not a trader; for originally only a trader could be made bankrupt, in the sense of obtaining an absolute discharge from his debts, while the future estate of an insolvent remained liable for his debts, even after his discharge. Derivatives † inˈsolventness n. Obsolete (Bailey vol. II 1727). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.a1626
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