liquidity
The state or property of being liquidThe state or property of being liquid.
» The market doesn't have a lot of liquidity.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)The state or property of being liquid.
Flüssigsein
the property of flowing easily
(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
(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
(countable, uncountable)Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt.
Zahlungsbereitschaft
ликви́дностьlikvídnostʹ
Examples
6 sentencesThe market doesn't have a lot of liquidity.
The country also is facing a growing liquidity crisis and rising inflation.
It's a high liquidity market.
Algeria has a liquidity problem.
Cash management is essential to ensure the liquidity necessary for the smooth running of operations.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From liquid + -ity, from Latin liquiditas. In their financial and economic senses, this anFrom 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| Singular | liquidity |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- the property of flowing easily:fluidityfluidnessliquidnessrunniness
- the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility:liquidliquidnessliquid state
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable