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insolvency

[in-sol-vuhn-see] / ɪnˈsɒl vən si /


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A company goes into administration when it can no longer pay its bills - referred to as insolvency.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

But it had been beset by corruption allegations and was on the brink of insolvency.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Congress has yet to seriously discuss solutions to the program’s financing issues, but as Social Security lurches toward insolvency in the coming years, legislators may be forced to start deliberations soon.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

The allegations draw on findings from a seven-month board investigation into the trades that sent the country’s largest exporter of wood pellets spiraling toward insolvency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

“Impossible!—when I told you how she, on the contrary, deserted me: the idea of my insolvency cooled, or rather extinguished, her flame in a moment.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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