liquidity
pronunciation
How to pronounce liquidity in British English:
UK [lɪˈkwɪdəti]
How to pronounce liquidity in American English:
US [lɪˈkwɪdɪti]
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- Noun:
- the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
- the property of flowing easily
- being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability
Word Origin
- liquidity (n.)
- 1610s, "quality of being liquid," from Late Latin liquiditatem (nominative liquiditas), from Latin liquidus (see liquid). Meaning "quality of being financially liquid" is from 1897.
Example
- 1. Signs of a classic liquidity trap are everywhere .
- 2. Their willingness to provide liquidity has prevented financial markets from melting down completely , despite some hairy moments .
- 3. One risk relates to liquidity .
- 4. Will these prick the liquidity bubble ?
- 5. But liquidity is a more urgent problem .