liquidity preference

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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

Words nearby liquidity preference

liquid fire, liquid glass, liquid gold, liquidity, liquidity event, liquidity preference, liquidity ratio, liquidize, liquidizer, liquid measure, liquid oxygen

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How to use liquidity preference in a sentence

Browser preference might come down to how many times you want to slip your headset on and off.
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We should never place the preference of an adult over the safety and innocence of a child.
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You wear a pin that adjusts the temperature, lighting, décor, and entertainment to your preference.
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On everything from gender and sexual preference to climate change, those who dissent from the official pieties risk punishment.
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There are many to choice from and much is personal preference.
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It would be interesting to know whether there is any general preference as between these two combinations.
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A child's preference for the mother's singing is, perhaps, a half reminiscence of the soft-low tones of the lullaby.
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Those of a more serious turn are apt to show a curious preference for the graver aspects of things.
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He did this to signalise his disapprobation of royalty, and his preference for democratic equality.
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Reasonable facilities for receiving and forwarding traffic The subject of undue preference, which was forbiddenp.
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British Dictionary definitions for liquidity preference

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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