solvency

[ sol-vuh n-see ]

/ ˈsɒl vən si /

solvent condition; ability to pay all just debts.

Origin of solvency

First recorded in 1720–30; solv(ent) + -ency

And as to the future, there are basically only two ways to get to solvency.

How to Make Seniors Suspicious of Ryan and Romney |Michael Tomasky |August 22, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Did Bill Kristol and Charles Krauthammer and the folks at AEI lust for a huge philosophical throw down on Medicare solvency?

The Only Big Idea Coming Out of the Romney-Ryan Camp Is the Big Lie |Michael Tomasky |August 21, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
In the past months, those fears–combined with real concerns about the solvency of Italy–have been intensifying.

Don’t Blame Obama for Market Turmoil |Zachary Karabell |September 10, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Not that the U.S. isn't in trouble—the radicalism of the antitax Republicans jeopardized the United States' solvency, he writes.

S&P: Debt Downgrade Analysis Was 'Objective' | |August 7, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Medicare solvency would require an immediate 21 percent tax increase, or an immediate 17 percent cut in benefits.

It’s About Medicare, Stupid! |Mark McKinnon |June 10, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The liberty of the State, like its solvency, concerns and affects all its citizens.

Julia Ward Howe |Laura E. Richards
I have pledged myself so deeply concerning your solvency and respectability that I could not face my directors over your account.

Mortomley's Estate, Vol. I (of 3) |Charlotte Elizabeth Lawson Cowan Riddell
When you book a bet at Newmarket you never have to consider the rank of your opponent, save as regards his solvency.

Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General |Charles Lever
Thereby the solvency of the German exchequer would be moderately insured.

Oswald Langdon |Carson Jay Lee
She had demanded of him the fulfilment of his bargain, and to the full extent of his solvency, so to speak, he had paid it.

Arundel |Edward Frederic Benson

solvency

/ (ˈsɒlvənsɪ) /

ability to pay all debts