Liquidity

//lɪkˈwɪdəti// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or property of being liquid. uncountable
  2. 2
    being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability wordnet
  3. 3
    The degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the property of flowing easily wordnet
  5. 5
    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. countable

    "Some stocks are traded so rarely that they lack liquidity."

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  1. 6
    the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility wordnet
  2. 7
    Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt. countable, uncountable

    "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."

Etymology

From liquid + -ity, from Latin liquiditas.

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