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liquidity

liquidity

2 6.5
How easily a substance like water or oil can flow
  • noun
  • /lɪkˈwɪdəti/
translation icon : fluidez
  • Greenspan kept interest rates at historic lows for too long and created this liquidity bubble, which is currently manifesting itself in the housing sector.

I'm going to start with the lighter primers first, the more liquidity of the liquid viscous liquids.

Examples

  • Bonds and equities are regularly traded, though the liquidity is small in comparison with other exchanges.

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  • The banks in normal circumstances generate liquidity, but they create a system that's vulnerable.

  • It's the concept known as liquidity versus insolvency.

  • The S&P 500 is an index of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry, among other factors.

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  • The commission also pointed out that international monetary reform is becoming urgent: "A growing world economy requires constant enlargement of international liquidity."

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  • The bank offers high liquidity for its savings accounts, allowing customers to access their funds easily.

  • Investors prefer stocks with high liquidity, which allows them to buy and sell without affecting the price.

  • The liquidity of the market ensures that traders can execute large orders without significant delays.

Synonyms

liquid state
vsliquidity
  • Specialized
3 3.7

A substance that flows and keeps its volume but not its shape, like water or oil

focuses on the general ability to flow not the full physical definition
fluidity
vsliquidity
2 4.6

How easily a substance flows like a liquid

is broader naming both quality and state of easy flow
liquidness
vsliquidity
5.5

How easily something flows

is the more commonly used technical label for that quality
fluidness
vsliquidity
4.9

The quality of being able to flow or move smoothly

is more general term for flow ability rather than texture
runniness
vsliquidity
6.6

A thin, liquid texture that makes food flow easily

describes the general property of flowing rather than thin thickness

Antonyms

325 1.0

Firm and hard so it keeps its shape, not liquid

Compounds

liquidity crisis
  • Specialized
1 7.3

A time when people, banks, and businesses cannot get cash or loans quickly

How Fluid

runniness
6.6
liquidity
2 6.5
thickness
  • Specialized
3 4.0
solidity
3 4.0

Surface Forms

liquidity singular
liquidities plural

Morphology

liquidity = liquid (transparent) = liquid + ity

The word 'liquidity' is transparently derived from 'liquid' with the addition of the suffix '-ity', indicating a state or quality.

Etymology

Liquidity comes from liquid ('flowing', 'like water'). So liquidity means the quality of being able to flow or move easily.