illiquid
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8.9
- adjective
- /ɪˈlɪkwɪd/
- Specialized
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ilíquido
- Unlike liquid investments in public corporations, closely held corporations have illiquid investments that shareholders cannot easily sell to other investors.
- illiquid investments
His aggressive buying pushed the price back up from the lows, but he found himself stuck in a large and illiquid trade.
- His aggressive buying pushed the price back up from the lows, but he found himself stuck in a large and illiquid trade.
- We see this in the bond markets where illiquid off the run bonds typically have a higher yield than the more liquid on the run bonds.
- That's good because you want something that's this illiquid that will grow, right?
Examples
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We all should be mini corporations that hold physical, illiquid assets.
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Finally, this particular ETF is too illiquid to attract any interest from the HFTs of this world.
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Eventually, some forward products were developed, but they failed to generate much interest, and the market remained very illiquid.
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One is a financial obligation; the other is an illiquid asset.
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So often when it's on a very illiquid underline, it's very difficult for anyone to know what the fee is and often it's high.
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The fact that CDOs became illiquid in a flight to safety isn't a mystery.
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We see this in the bond markets where illiquid off the run bonds typically have a higher yield than the more liquid on the run bonds.
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The difficulty in valuing an illiquid investment complicates the creation of uniform law.
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Household investments in a building shell, such as insulation or storm windows, have high transaction costs; they are illiquid, with essentially no marketability, and the payoff is risky.
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Investing in real estate can be risky, as properties are often illiquid and hard to sell quickly without losing value.
Synonyms
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People cannot buy, sell, or exchange it
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7.3
You cannot return or change it after you buy it
Not a liquid or not easy to sell quickly for cash
You cannot buy or sell it in a market
You cannot exchange it for another currency or asset
You cannot exchange it for another currency
A thing too damaged or unwanted for people to buy
Not fit to sell because it is damaged or spoiled
Antonyms
How Liquid
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word illiquid is made from the negative part il- meaning 'not' and liquid meaning 'flowing' or 'like water'. So an illiquid asset or market is one that does not 'flow' into cash easily and cannot be sold quickly without losing value.