Insolvency is the state of not having enough money to pay your debts.
[business, formal]
...companies on the brink of insolvency.
Unemployment and insolvencies can be expected to increase.
Synonyms: bankruptcy, failure, ruin, liquidation More Synonyms of insolvency
insolvency in American English
(ɪnˈsɑlvənsi)
nounWord forms: pluralinˈsolvencies
the fact or condition of being insolvent; bankruptcy
insolvency in Finance
(ɪnsɒlvənsi)
noun
(Finance: General)
Insolvency is the state of not having enough money to pay your debts.
The cash flow projections allow you to plan your liquidity needs and identify difficultperiods so that you can prepare for them and avoid the risk of insolvency.
When the business is threatened with insolvency, investors will deduct the goodwill from any calculation of residual equity becauseit will likely have no resale value.
Insolvency is the state of not having enough money to pay your debts.
insolvent
Word builderin-The prefix in- is often added to adjectives to make their opposites.
Examples of 'insolvency' in a sentence
insolvency
The rest are employed by specialist insolvency groups or law firms.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
His time in the trade may have toughened him up for a future as an insolvency specialist.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
What he is understandably less forthcoming about is his chequered personal and business insolvency record.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There was a modest rise in personal insolvencies compared with the previous quarter.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The business department has asked insolvency experts for their views on the problems between insolvency and employment laws.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Insolvency experts will tell you that they always look for a big rush of busts just as the tide turns.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Under an insolvency process, it is common for administrators to suspend gift vouchers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They said there were more than 14,000 personal insolvencies last month.
The Sun (2010)
They made up 48 per cent of personal insolvencies.
The Sun (2011)
If at any time you feel your situation has become untenable, you should seek specialist insolvency advice.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But now his retail rivals will circle and staff will pray that insolvency experts don't come knocking.
The Sun (2009)
BRITAIN'S improving economy means better job opportunities in nearly all areas of industry - apart from insolvency experts.
The Sun (2014)
Britain needs insolvency experts, who can deal with what may be family disasters as efficiently and decently as possible.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
PwC said that the company had a number of subsidiary and fellow group companies that remained solvent and were not subject to an insolvency process.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
What we are witnessing is how tough HMRC is becoming as a key creditor in the insolvency process.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Insolvency specialists from Deloitte are being lined up to handle the wind-up of the electrical goods retailer.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Another downbeat report comes from the insolvency expert Begbies Traynor.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There is also a growing demand, within the big accountancy firms for administrators, insolvency and bankruptcy experts.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The figures were taken from a Baker Tilly database that records the genders of individuals who apply for personal insolvency.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
HALF of all staff keep their jobs when a high street chain goes into administration, insolvency specialist R3 claims.
The Sun (2012)
In other languages
insolvency
British English: insolvency NOUN
Insolvency is the state of not having enough money to pay your debts.
...companies on the brink of insolvency.
American English: insolvency
Brazilian Portuguese: insolvência
Chinese: 无清偿能力
European Spanish: insolvencia
French: faillite
German: Insolvenz
Italian: insolvenza
Japanese: 支払不能
Korean: 지불 불능
European Portuguese: insolvência
Latin American Spanish: insolvencia
(noun)
Seven of the eight companies are on the brink of insolvency.
Synonyms
bankruptcy
Many established firms were facing bankruptcy.
failure
Business failures rose 16% last month.
ruin
Recent inflation has driven them to the brink of ruin.
liquidation
Additional synonyms
in the sense of failure
Business failures rose 16% last month.
Synonyms
bankruptcy,
crash,
collapse,
ruin,
folding (informal),
closure,
winding up,
downfall,
going under,
liquidation,
insolvency
in the sense of ruin
Definition
loss of wealth or position
Recent inflation has driven them to the brink of ruin.