liquidity
Meanings
noun
- The state or property of being liquid.
- The degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash.
- 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.
- Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt.
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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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