Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay their debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business.

    The company faces insolvency.

    Insolvenz, Zahlungsunfähigkeit

    неплатёжеспосо́бностьneplatjožesposóbnostʹ, несостоя́тельностьnesostojátelʹnostʹ

    неплатоспромо́жністьneplatospromóžnistʹ

  2. (countable, uncountable)Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner.

    the insolvency of an estate

  3. (countable, uncountable)The condition of having more debts than assets.

More definitions
  • the lack of financial resources

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Couldn't the insolvency have been avoided?

    deHätte man die Insolvenz nicht vermeiden können?

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  2. The company's insolvency forced it into receivership.

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  3. The company's insolvency forced it to file for bankruptcy.

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  4. Couldn't they have avoided insolvency?

    deHätte man die Insolvenz nicht vermeiden können?

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Translations

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Forms

plural: insolvencies
Singularinsolvency
Pluralinsolvencies

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

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