liquidity
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 22
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 9
/lɪkˈwɪdəti/
Definition of liquidity
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable)The state or property of being liquid.
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noun
- (uncountable)The state or property of being liquid.
- (countable, uncountable)The degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash.
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(countable)An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash.
“Some stocks are traded so rarely that they lack liquidity.”
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(countable, uncountable)Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt.
“This is often phrased in terms of whether they are facing liquidity or solvency problems; but I think it’s better phrased in terms of the possibility of self-fulfilling crises, a la Obstfeld.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From liquid + -ity, from Latin liquiditas. In their financial and economic senses, this and various associated terms all involve portraying assets figuratively as if they were liquids and solids, dissolving the solids with solvents, freezing and thawing, and so on.
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