liquidity // noun [U]

(Finance )

1

the state of owning cash or things of value that can easily be exchanged for cash in order to pay debts, etc:

Asset sales are intended to improve the company's liquidity.

The commercial banks' liquidity is recovering.

The airline is facing a liquidity crisis.

The group does not have sufficient liquidity to fund its operations.

2

the quality of being easy to exchange for cash:

Shareholders will benefit from an increase in liquidity of their investment.

3

the amount of trading that takes place in a market:

Investors are concerned about market liquidity.

The central bank has no plans to boost liquidity in the money market.

⇨ ILLIQUID

• conservatism
• conservative
• conservator
• consign
• consignee
• consignment
• consignment note
• consignment store
• consignor
• consistency concept
• console
• consolidate
• consolidation
• consolidator
• Consols
• consortium
• conspicuous consumption
• constituent
• constitute
• constitution
• constitutional
• constraint
• construct
• construction
• constructive