solvent
adjective/ˈsɒlvənt/
/ˈsɑːlvənt/
- [not usually before noun] having enough money to pay your debts; not in debt
- The company managed to remain solvent during the recession.
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- (specialist) able to dissolve another substance, or be dissolved in another substance
- Lead is more solvent in acidic water.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin solvent- ‘loosening, unfastening, paying’, from the verb solvere.
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