insolvency
[ɪnˈsɒlvn̩si]
insolvency noun: 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.
Noun
insolvency (countable and uncountable, plural insolvencies)
- 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.
- Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner.
- the insolvency of an estate
- The condition of having more debts than assets.
insolvency meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
insolvency in Hindi
- दिवाला
insolvency in Tamil
- கையறவு, நொடிப்பு, நொடிப்புநிலை, கடன்களைத் திருப்ப முடியாத நிலை, முறிவு, வகையற்ற நிலை
insolvency in Urdu
- دیوالیہ, دیوالیہ پن, مفلسی, ناداری
insolvency in Malayalam
- bankruptcy, liquidation, failure
- പാപ്പരത്തം, പാപ്പരാകൽ, പരിഹരിക്കാനാകാത്ത സാമ്പത്തികബാദ്ധ്യത, നിർദ്ധനത, നിർദ്ധനത്വം, നിസ്വത
More languagesFewer languages
- insolvency in Kannada
- ದಿವಾಳಿಯಾಗದ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ
- insolvency in Punjabi
- ਇਨਸੋਲਵੈਂਸੀ
- insolvency in Odia
- ଦେବାଳିଆପନ, ଦେବାଳିଆ
- insolvency in Nepali
- दिवाला
- insolvency in Arabic
- إِعْسَار ʔiʕsār, إِعْسَار مَالِيّ ʔiʕsār māliyy
- insolvency in Malay
- insolvensi, ketakmampuan bayar, kemuflisan
Antonyms of insolvency
Forms of insolvency
| plural | insolvencies |
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Origin of insolvency
From insolvent + -cy.
Words formed from insolvency
Questions about insolvency
- What does insolvency mean?
- Insolvency means 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.
- What is insolvency in Hindi?
- Insolvency in Hindi is दिवाला. See Insolvency meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is insolvency?
- Insolvency is a noun.
- How do you pronounce insolvency?
- Insolvency is pronounced [ɪnˈsɒlvn̩si].
- What is the plural of insolvency?
- The plural of insolvency is insolvencies.
Words near insolvency in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: insolvency (page history and authors); insolvency (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insolvency (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insolvency (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insolvency (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); insolvency (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insolvency (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insolvency (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insolvency (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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