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li·quid·i·ty
(lĭ-kwĭd′ĭ-tē)n.
1. The state of being liquid.
2. The quality of being readily convertible into cash: an investment with high liquidity.
3. Available cash or the capacity to obtain it on demand: a bank that is increasing its liquidity by shortening the average term of its loans.
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liquidity
(lɪˈkwɪdɪtɪ)n
1. (Banking & Finance) the possession of sufficient liquid assets to discharge current liabilities
2. the state or quality of being liquid
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li•quid•i•ty
(lɪˈkwɪd ɪ ti)n.
1. a liquid state or quality.
2. the ability or ease with which assets can be converted into cash.
[1610–20; < Latin]
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liquidity
The ease with which an asset can be converted into money. Cash is perfectly liquid but shares in a company are less liquid because they must be sold first before money is obtained. Assets such as property are even less liquid because they are harder to sell than shares.
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| Noun | 1. | liquidity - the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility state of matter, state - (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container); "the solid state of water is called ice" |
| 2. | liquidity - the property of flowing easily; "adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased"; "they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer" thinness - a consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of the soup" | |
| 3. | liquidity - being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability exchangeability, fungibility, interchangeability, interchangeableness - the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange |
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Translations
likviditatekutost
LiquiditätFlüssigkeitFlüssigsein
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lichiditate
liquidity
[lɪˈkwɪdɪtɪ]A. N (Fin) → liquidez f
B. CPD liquidity ratio N → tasa f or coeficiente m de liquidez
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liquidity
n → Liquidität f
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