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Categories: Economics & Finance
A determination by a bankruptcy court that a person or business cannot raise the funds to pay all of his/her debts. The court will then «discharge» (forgive) some or all of the debts, leaving those creditors holding the bag and not getting what is owed them.
(source: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/insolvency)
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