solvency
[sol-vuh n-see]
- solvent condition; ability to pay all just debts.
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Origin of solvency
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Contemporary Examples
And as to the future, there are basically only two ways to get to solvency.
Did Bill Kristol and Charles Krauthammer and the folks at AEI lust for a huge philosophical throw down on Medicare solvency?
In the past months, those fears–combined with real concerns about the solvency of Italy–have been intensifying.
Not that the U.S. isn't in trouble—the radicalism of the antitax Republicans jeopardized the United States' solvency, he writes.
S&P: Debt Downgrade Analysis Was 'Objective'August 7, 2011
Medicare solvency would require an immediate 21 percent tax increase, or an immediate 17 percent cut in benefits.
Historical Examples
With him, as with the average Frenchman, solvency was an eleventh commandment.
In the Heart of VosgesMatilda Betham-Edwards
Thereby the solvency of the German exchequer would be moderately insured.
Oswald LangdonCarson Jay Lee
To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency.
English Synonyms and AntonymsJames Champlin Fernald
Not merely the home was in danger, but Tom's position and career, also Tom's solvency.
Double HarnessAnthony Hope
One could not be mistaken about the gesture: he had his doubts about my solvency.
In the Foreign LegionErwin Rosen
solvency
- ability to pay all debts
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Word Origin and History for solvency
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