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solvency

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The state of having enough funds or liquid assets to pay all of one's debts; the state of being solvent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the ability to meet maturing obligations as they come due

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: insolvency

Broader terms: financial condition

History

Etymology

From solvent + -cy.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سُيُولَة (suyūla) — ability to pay debts
  • Armenian: վճարունակություն (včarunakutʻyun) — ability to pay debts
  • Bulgarian: платежоспособност (platežosposobnost) — ability to pay debts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 償付能力 /偿付能力 (chángfù nénglì) — ability to pay debts
  • Czech: solvence — ability to pay debts
  • Czech: platební schopnost — ability to pay debts
  • Danish: solvens — ability to pay debts
  • Dutch: solvabiliteit — ability to pay debts
  • Esperanto: solventeco — ability to pay debts
  • Finnish: maksukyky — ability to pay debts
  • Finnish: solvenssi — ability to pay debts
  • French: solvabilité — ability to pay debts
  • Georgian: გადახდისუნარიანობა (gadaxdisunarianoba) — ability to pay debts
  • German: Solvenz — ability to pay debts
  • German: Zahlungsfähigkeit — ability to pay debts
  • Hungarian: fizetőképesség — ability to pay debts
  • Hungarian: fizetésképesség — ability to pay debts
  • Italian: solvibilità — ability to pay debts
  • Japanese: 支払能力 (shiharai nōryoku) — ability to pay debts
  • Korean: 지불능력 (jibulleungnyeok) — ability to pay debts
  • Norwegian: betalingsevne — ability to pay debts
  • Polish: wypłacalność — ability to pay debts
  • Portuguese: solvabilidade — ability to pay debts
  • Portuguese: solvência — ability to pay debts
  • Romanian: solvabilitate — ability to pay debts
  • Russian: платёжеспосо́бность (platjožesposóbnostʹ) — ability to pay debts
  • Spanish: solvencia — ability to pay debts
  • Swedish: solvens — ability to pay debts
  • Swedish: betalningsförmåga — ability to pay debts