solvent
adjective
[ ˈsɒlv(ə)nt ]
• having assets in excess of liabilities; able to pay one's debts.
• "interest rate rises have very severe effects on normally solvent companies"
Similar:
financially sound,
able to pay one's debts,
debt-free,
not in debt,
out of debt,
in the black,
in funds,
in credit,
creditworthy,
of good financial standing,
solid,
secure,
profit-making,
ungeared,
unlevered,
unindebted,
Opposite:
in debt,
• able to dissolve other substances.
• "osmotic, chemical, or solvent action"
solvent
noun
• the liquid in which a solute is dissolved to form a solution.
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin solvent- ‘loosening, unfastening, paying’, from the verb solvere .
