non-solventadj.n.
/nɒnˈsɒlv(ə)nt/, U.S. /nɑnˈsɑlv(ə)nt/ A. adj.
1. Unable to pay what one owes; insolvent. Now rare.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [adjective] > insolvent
insolventa1626
non-solvent1631
insolvable1648
unsolvable1656
insolutive1668
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes Intermean iv. 83 in Wks. II Cen. For a decay'd wit—Exp. Broken—Tat. Non-soluent.
1658 P. Heylyn Stumbling-block of Disobedience iv. 116 Unlesse..being one of the Farmers of the Tolls and Taxes,..he became non-solvent, and had not cleared his accompt with the Common-wealth.
1669 J. Owen Brief Declar. & Vindic. Doctr. Trinity 204 The debt which he took upon himself, and discharged for us, when we were nonsolvent, by his love.
1876 J. H. Trumbull True-blue Laws of Connecticut & New Haven 77 If the said debtor be known to be a non-solvent man..then the court shall have power to call in all the creditors in a short time.
2000 Jrnl. Financial Managem. (Nexis) 13 44 Our sample consists of matched pairs of 16 solvent and 16 non-solvent airlines.
2.
a. Of a liquid: that is not a solvent.
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1911 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 85 216 The replacement of solvent water by non-solvent acid in the solution.
1948 A. X. Schmidt & C. A. Marlies Princ. High-polymer Theory & Pract. iii. 85 There is an important group of materials called nonsolvent plasticizers... They are not sufficiently miscible with the high-polymer binder to form a truly homogeneous phase.
1970 Nature 18 July 282/2 The appearance of a non-solvent water fraction at −7°C is not surprising.
1996 Jrnl. Microencapsulation 13 6 The high viscosity of both the coating and the non-solvent phases..is..the major contributing factor.
b. Of consumer goods: free from solvents.
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the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [adjective] > without solvent
solventless1936
non-solvent1974
1974 Jrnl. Commerce (Nexis) 7 Mar. 8/4 Dextrajet Scour 99 is being sold by Dexter Chemical Corp as heavy-duty non-solvent scouring agent.
1980 Chem. Week 2 July 29 Changing to low- or non-solvent formulations.
1995 Wood & Wood Products May 100/3 The product is non-aqueous and non-solvent so slow bonding and emissions are eliminated.
B. n.† 1. An insolvent person. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [noun] > one who is insolvent
bankrupt?1563
bare-man1581
Ludgatian1600
non-solvent1647
insolvent1725
fraudulent1796
brosier1826
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Luke vii. 42) We are all non-solvents, stark beggars.
1685 in W. Mackay & G. S. Laing Rec. Inverness (1924) II. 332 That the nonsolvents may be put at to pay their proportiones according to their bonds.
2. A liquid that is not a solvent.
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1921 Science 12 Aug. 137/1 Effect of various solvents and non-solvents on the viscosity of solutions.
1948 A. X. Schmidt & C. A. Marlies Princ. High-polymer Theory & Pract. xiv. 605 Lacquer-solvent power may be evaluated by the determination of solution viscosities and dilution ratios, toluene being the usual ‘non-solvent’ for the latter determination.
1978 Jrnl. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. 4 98 As non-solvent diffuses into the liquid filament the polymer solution becomes more viscous.
1989 Polymers Paint Colour Jrnl. (Nexis) 12 July 486 The dispersion medium must be miscible with the monomer and also be a non-solvent for the resulting polymer.
1992 RS Components: Electronic & Electr. Products July 381/3 (heading) Cleaning Agents. Solvents... Non-Solvents.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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