insolvency Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the lack of financial resources

WordNet


In*sol"ven*cy noun
Wordforms
plural Insolvencies
Definitions
  1. (Law) (a) The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business; as, a merchant's insolvency. (b) Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner; as, the insolvency of an estate.

Webster 1913