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    [Adjective]  | "in*solv*able" | \ (ˌ)in-ˈsäl-və-bəl \


    1: admitting no solution


    Origin: 1693 ;

    [Adjective]  | "insolvable" 


    1: incapable of being solved or accomplished;


      * e.g., " ... faced with the perennially insolvable dilemma of having to choose between career and family "





     [ "insolvency" ]

    1: (ECONOMICS) crisis created when a government or firm cannot pay its obligations in any reasonable time frame. Often confused with illiquidity, which is a when an entity suffers a temporary shortage of cash. When a firm has assets that are greater than liabilities, it is solvent. In a lot of cases, the management of a firm runs out of ways to make money with the assets it has, so it "invests" in poor quality assets with high risk of default (for example, by lending money to borrowers using inflated housing prices as collateral).

      * e.g.,  ... Most of the time, insolvency is the result of corrupt or feckless management. In a few cases, however, it can be the result of a vicious cycle in which a well-managed company's customers all become insolvent first. 

     [ "insolvent phantom" ]

    1: A symbol of the threat of economic depression

      * e.g.,  ... man 1: great here comes another insolvent Phantom. 

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