Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable)The state or property of being liquid.

    Flüssigsein

    the property of flowing easily

  2. (countable, uncountable)The degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash.

    being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability

  3. (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.

    Liquidität, Verfügbarkeit

    ликви́дностьlikvídnostʹ

  4. (countable, uncountable)Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt.

    Zahlungsbereitschaft

    ликви́дностьlikvídnostʹ

Examples

6 sentences
  1. The market doesn't have a lot of liquidity.

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  2. The country also is facing a growing liquidity crisis and rising inflation.

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  3. It's a high liquidity market.

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  4. Algeria has a liquidity problem.

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  5. Cash management is essential to ensure the liquidity necessary for the smooth running of operations.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
property of being able to be easily converted into cash:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
state of being liquid:
property of being able to be easily converted into cash:
finance: availability of cash over short term:

Origin

From liquid + -ity, from Latin liquiditas. In their financial and economic senses, this an

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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Forms

plural: liquidities
Singularliquidity
Pluralliquidities

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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