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solvent

[ sol-vuhnt ]

adjective

  1. able to pay all just debts.
  2. having the power of dissolving; causing solution.


noun

  1. a substance that dissolves another to form a solution:

    Water is a solvent for sugar.

  2. something that solves or explains.

solvent

/ 藞蝉蓲濒惫蓹苍迟 /

adjective

  1. capable of meeting financial obligations
  2. (of a substance, esp a liquid) capable of dissolving another substance
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a liquid capable of dissolving another substance

    water is a solvent for salt

  2. the component of a solution that does not change its state in forming the solution or the component that is present in excess Compare solute
  3. something that solves
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

solvent

  1. A substance that can dissolve another substance, or in which another substance is dissolved, forming a solution. Water is the most common solvent.
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉辞濒惫别苍迟濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉辞濒顎僾别苍迟路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
  • 蝉辞濒顎僾别苍迟路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of solvent1

First recorded in 1620鈥30; from Latin solvent-, stem of 蝉辞濒惫脓苍蝉 鈥渓oosening,鈥 present participle of solvere 鈥渢o loosen, release鈥; solve
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of solvent1

C17: from Latin 蝉辞濒惫脓苍蝉 releasing, from solvere to free, solve
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The chief executive office said in a statement that the county is trying to balance the need to pay employees fairly with keeping the county solvent.

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Johnson was adamant that he helped keep the firm solvent.

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He reasoned that the government could stay solvent with a $4-billion payout 鈥 and yet it was still the largest sex abuse payout he has ever heard of.

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With the lease being up in September, McGilbert is constantly questioning 鈥渉ow to keep Rep Club solvent and not at my expense.鈥

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Today, by law, about three-fifths of those tax revenues go into Social Security trust funds, helping to keep them solvent.

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