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Definition of solvent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

solvent

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

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