quick assets
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of quick assets
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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And, by its balance sheet at the end of 1933, net quick assets were about $13,500,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the end of last year the ratio of quick assets to liabilities was 1.6 to 1; today, 10.6 to 1.
From Time Magazine Archive
But: more than half of that figure was accounted for by quick assets of Midvale Co., a subsidiary in which Baldwin owned only some 60% of the stock.
From Time Magazine Archive
Starting as an obscure chaser of ambulance chasers in Utah, lean, sandy-haired Floyd Odium got his hands on $14,000,000 in cash and quick assets just before the market broke in 1929.
From Time Magazine Archive
When all creditors have been paid the quick assets amount to £930,654, and amply protect the debentures, £900,000 which are an admirable security.
From The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade by Mavrogordato, John
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