liquidity
noun
Simple meaning
An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
lɪkˈwɪdəti
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
economicscountable
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.
finance
Being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability
finance
The degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash.
finance
Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt.
uncountable
The state or property of being liquid.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: 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.
Used this way, liquidity is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in finance or economics contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Finance/economics
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use liquidity
- “The company needed to improve its liquidity to pay off short-term debts.”noun
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