Liquidity

Quick meaning: Liquidity is a noun meaning (uncountable) The state or property of being liquid.

Meaning

(uncountable) The state or property of being liquid.

More Meanings

1. (finance) The degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash.
2. (finance) Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt.
3. (economics, 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.

Example Sentences

Some stocks are traded so rarely that they lack liquidity.

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.

Word Forms

• liquidities

Synonyms for liquidity

Depending on context, synonyms include fluidity, liquid, liquidness, fluidness, runniness.

Antonyms for liquidity

Common opposites include illiquidity, nonliquidity.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fluidity, fluidness, runniness, refinancing, solvency, liquidation.

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