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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
solvent
/ˈsɒlvənt/
noun1 of 2
something that dissolves or can melt another substance
- “My responsibility is to keep the company solvent.”Tatoeba
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adjective2 of 2
Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))