liquidity
a liquid state or quality.
the ability or ease with which assets can be converted into cash.
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How to use liquidity in a sentence
As startups have stayed private longer and liquidity has become harder to secure for early employees and investors, more and more shareholders have looked for ways to unload their shares to others.
Carta’s startup liquidity service CartaX conducts first transactions on its own cap table | Danny Crichton | February 4, 2021 | TechCrunchA Prospect spokesman disputed the claim, insisting that the company had “ample liquidity.”
Rich Investors Stripped Millions From a Hospital Chain and Want to Leave It Behind. A Tiny State Stands in Their Way. | by Peter Elkind | February 4, 2021 | ProPublicaIn its study, Research Affiliates notes that hedge fund managers and other liquidity providers stockpile XYZ’s shares before it joins the S&P, first during the rumor period, then at a faster pace when the S&P makes it official.
If ad tech CEOs are ever going to find a liquidity event in the market then probably now is the last chance to do so for a while.
As ad tech surges, challenges remain — and not just from the coronavirus pandemic | Seb Joseph | January 5, 2021 | DigidayThe market can digest it, but there is the potential for liquidity impact.
Tesla’s addition to the S&P 500 on Monday could be a shock for these big name stocks | Lee Clifford | December 21, 2020 | Fortune
“During its tenure, the Ahmadinejad government has increased liquidity by more than 600 percent,” adds Zahedi.
Iran’s Currency Crisis: Bad News For Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Omid Memarian | October 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut in these times of austerity, it may not have that kind of liquidity lying around.
Why Draghi is Skipping Jackson Hole: Time and Money? | Alex Klein | August 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWith liquidity so low, share prices began to wildly fluctuate.
How Wall Street Computers Almost Killed Knight Trading | Alex Klein, Matthew Zeitlin | August 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAs banks began to face liquidity tightening in early 2007, discretion became the name of the game in the rate-fixing gambit.
There's the John Maynard Keynes character arguing for fiscal stimulus to jolt the economy out of a liquidity trap.
The object of this is to keep the honey in a certain state of liquidity, by preventing the evaporation of the water it contains.
The Insect World | Louis FiguierThe Andalusian showed in her coy yet open air, in her small, broad hand and foot, in a languorous liquidity of eye.
The Readjustment | Will IrwinThe motion of liquidity which the surfaces possessed before contact is now checked, and the pieces of ice freeze together.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps | John TyndallCones built of lava vary in form according to the liquidity of the lava.
The Elements of Geology | William Harmon NortonIn many a place, criminals are the only ones who have any liquidity at all.
After the Rain | Sam Vaknin
British Dictionary definitions for liquidity
/ (lɪˈkwɪdɪtɪ) /
the possession of sufficient liquid assets to discharge current liabilities
the state or quality of being liquid
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Cultural definitions for liquidity
[ (li-kwid-uh-tee) ]
The condition of having enough money on hand to meet financial obligations without having to sell fixed assets, such as machinery or equipment.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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