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noun
(in Keynesian economics) the degree of individual preference for cash over less liquid assets.
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Origin of liquidity preference

First recorded in 1935–40
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liquidity preference

noun
economics the desire to hold money rather than other assets, in Keynsian theory based on motives of transactions, precaution, and speculation
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