They were often very queenly, incredibly outraged that their solvency should be questioned.
They would be compelled to make use of the national resources in order to guarantee the solvency of private banks.
This not only de- pends upon the present solvency of the company, but upon that solvency being maintained.
Many a firm of unimpeachable honour and unquestionable solvency was compelled to bend before the storm.
The Post Office Banks being part of the machinery of Government itself, offer the highest possible security,--the whole credit and solvency of the British Government being guarantee for the perfect safety of the deposits.
To have examined ledgers and day-books with such palpable proofs of solvencywould have been, in his eyes, an act of as great absurdity as that of a man who would not believe in the sunshine till he had first consulted the thermometer.
Men like yourself fancy that their solvency in matters of money implies as much in all the various relations of life, and that, as they know not what a dun means, they are to enjoy an equal immunity from every demand of honor.
Say rather, sir, that I have more confidence in the honorable sentiments of an English gentleman than I have in the solvency of a poor and wretched peasantry.
Confidence in our absolute solvency is to such an extent reinstated and faith in our disposition to adhere to sound financial methods is so far restored as to produce the most encouraging results both at home and abroad.
Perhaps it is supposed that sufficient revenue receipts would in a sentimental way improve the situation by inspiring confidence in our solvency and allaying the fear of pecuniary exhaustion.
If they are to be paid in such a manner as the preservation of our national honor and national solvency demands, we should not destroy or even imperil our ability to supply ourselves with gold for that purpose.
The charge in the articles of impeachment was that this was a bribe to Mr. Brown that had induced him to certify fraudulently and falsely to the solvency of the bank.
She went over the books and accounts, thus satisfying herself of the solvency and exact position of the estate.
So might they be assured of the solvency and security which they had dreaded would never be theirs again.
Solvency is in the ideas and mechanism of an Englishman.
Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, "if you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?
This line has been in progress for two years and a half, and the people of this district have received many thousands of pounds without any perceptible improvement of position, either as to solvency or personal appearance.
But the goodness of bank-notes depends on the solvency of the banker, and that solvency may be impaired if the invasion is not repelled or the revolution resisted.
Of the ultimate solvency of the Bank of England, or of the eventual safety of its vast capital, even at the worst periods of its history, there has not been the least doubt.
Hunters, herdsmen, cultivators, craftsmen, mariners, miners perform services that maintain the solvency of any economy in which they play a leading role.
In Costa Rica, also, all the issuing banks have their books inspected once a month by Government officials, and a certificate of solvency is presented to and published by them.
In many cases the earnings of the woman are vitally necessary to the solvency of the family budget, the father's wages do not nearly cover the common expenditure.
The preservation of the savings-bank's surplus and, indeed, the continued solvency of the institution depend upon maintaining the integrity of the principal which it has invested.
Had any considerable portion of their assets consisted of railroad bonds and active municipals, upon which they should have had to write off a loss of ten to fifteen points, their solvency would almost certainly have been impaired.
Were its solvency but certain, where could the employment of the money be safer or more profitable?
Each speculation being dependent for its solvencyon the ruin of some other, Ossory will hate Glengariff, Drainage detest Mines, Railways curse Patent Fuel, and so on.
These banks were authorized by the laws of several states to issue notes as money payable on demand, with no common system or methods of redemption, and varying in value according to the solvency of the banks issuing them.
Sometimes the factor makes himself personally responsible for the solvency of the persons with whom he deals, in order that his principal may avoid the risk entailed by the usual trade credit.
This reserve has acted as a buffer to the shock of reaction, and has softened the impact through a speedy restoration of confidence in the excellence of the country's assets and in the real solvency of business.
The solvencyof the bank is in its portfolio of securities.
Solvency here, as there, is to be found in an equipoise, and requires a nice and discriminating statesmanship rather than any heroic cutting of knots.
The Orange River Colony is for the present prosperous, and its future solvencyseems assured.
The reports I speak of,' says he, 'touch the solvency of your firm.
We shall be very happy, indeed exceedingly so, to contradict an unpleasing rumor, affecting the solvency of our respected fellow-townsmen, Messrs.
It is no longer true that persons dealing with corporations rely upon the State laws to guarantee their solvency or their proper management.
It is claimed by the prosecution that according to the law the postmaster has no right to certify to the solvency of the security until that blank is filled.
But while Lord Mayo strongly realised that the public safety in India demanded consolidation, he perceived that financial solvency depended on decentralisation.
When issued by the Government or by authorized banks whose solvency is unquestioned, it is accepted as freely as coin, and if not so accepted, cannot be considered good money.
It may indeed be confined to a small part of such country--as in the case of some of the old bank-notes--when the solvency of the issuing power is unknown or uncertain.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "solvency" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: credit; solidity; soundness
