liquidity
li·qui·dity
noun
the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
Origin
From liquid + -ity, from Latin liquiditas. In their financial and economic senses, this and various associated terms all involve portraying assets figuratively as if they were liquids and solids, dissolving the solids with solvents, freezing and thawing, and so on.
Phrases
- funding liquidity risk
- liquidity event
- liquidity pool
- liquidity provider
- liquidity smile
- liquidity trap
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