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