solvent
[sol-vuh nt]
- able to pay all just debts.
- having the power of dissolving; causing solution.
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Origin of solvent
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Contemporary Examples
But what Shteyngart describes is the sort of dysfunction that occasionally plagues even the best and most solvent carrier.
Think American Airlines Is Rotten? You Have No Idea How Good You Have ItPatrick Smith
October 11, 2012
I will note, jdr, that Social Security IS solvent, into the 2040s.
So all restoring those cuts means is that it will force quicker drastic action on how to keep Medicare solvent.
This solvent is sometimes used as brake fluid in automobiles.
If they marked those assets to their real values, the banks would have to stop pretending they are solvent.
Historical Examples
The machine is now set in motion, and the bulk of the solvent is drawn off.
As already remarked, the solvent is expelled with cold water.
You will scarcely hear of a solvent parish, even if you offer a reward.
Ireland as It IsRobert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
Sulphate of quinine is made by the use of sulphuric acid as a solvent.
Practical Mechanics for BoysJ. S. Zerbe
You are a cashier for her, and a solvent one if she becomes embarrassed.
The Queen's NecklaceAlexandre Dumas pre
solvent
- capable of meeting financial obligations
- (of a substance, esp a liquid) capable of dissolving another substance
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- a liquid capable of dissolving another substancewater is a solvent for salt
- the component of a solution that does not change its state in forming the solution or the component that is present in excessCompare solute
- something that solves
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin solvēns releasing, from solvere to free, solve
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Word Origin and History for solvent
adj.
1650s, "able to pay all one owes," from French solvent, from Latin solventem (nominative solvens), present participle of solvere "loosen, dissolve" (see solve).
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n.
"substance able to dissolve other substances," 1670s, from Latin solventem (see solvent (n.)).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
solvent
(sŏl′vənt)- Capable of dissolving another substance.
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- A substance in which another substance is dissolved, forming a solution.
- A substance capable of dissolving another substance.
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solvent
[sŏl′vənt]
- A substance that can dissolve another substance, or in which another substance is dissolved, forming a solution. Water is the most common solvent.
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