What does liquidity mean?

Definitions for liquidity
lɪˈkwɪd ɪ tiliq·uid·i·ty

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word liquidity.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. liquid, liquidness, liquidity, liquid statenoun

    the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility

  2. fluidity, fluidness, liquidity, liquidness, runninessnoun

    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"

  3. liquiditynoun

    being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability

Wiktionary

  1. liquiditynoun

    The state or property of being liquid.

  2. liquiditynoun

    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.

    Some stocks are traded so rarely that they lack liquidity.

  3. liquiditynoun

    Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Liquiditynoun

    Subtilty.

    Etymology: from liquid.

    The spirits, for their liquidity, are more incapable than the fluid medium, which is the conveyer of sounds, to persevere in the continued repetition of vocal airs. Joseph Glanvill, Scep.

ChatGPT

  1. liquidity

    Liquidity refers to the ease with which an asset or security can be bought or sold in the market without affecting its price. It can also refer to the ability to convert an asset into cash quickly. In a broader economic context, it indicates the ability of an individual, company, or a whole economy to meet short-term obligations. High liquidity implies quick convertibility and low transaction costs, while low liquidity signifies the opposite.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Liquiditynoun

    the state or quality of being liquid

  2. Etymology: [L. liquiditas, fr. liquidus liquid: cf. F. liquidit.]

Editors Contribution

  1. liquidity

    To have sufficient cash, income, assets or the ability to change an asset into a form of cash.

    Liquidity is important to businesses around the world.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of liquidity in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of liquidity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of liquidity in a Sentence

  1. Lee Kyung-min:

    Foreigners are continuing their buying spree on the back of increased global liquidity after quantitative easing by the ECB.

  2. Hao Hong:

    Expensive valuations, euphoric sentiment and slowing liquidity from margin lending expansion will challenge the market in the near term.

  3. Mitul Kotecha:

    Tighter liquidity has contributed to a squeeze on long USD/CNH positions and will mean investors are wary of shorting CNH in the near term.

  4. Simon Quijano-Evans:

    You don't need very much in this sort of market to drive things up as liquidity is so low.

  5. Kenneth Broux:

    This is a textbook flight to quality into yen and the Swiss franc on the new virus strain with the thin liquidity also a factor which may accelerate the unwinding of short bond positions.

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