self-liquidating

American  

[self-lik-wi-dey-ting, self-] / ˌsɛlfˈlɪk wɪˌdeɪ tɪŋ, ˈsɛlf- /

adjective

1. capable of being sold and converted into cash within a short period of time or before the date on which the supplier must be paid.

2. (of a property, loan, project, investment, etc.) used or operating in such a way as to repay the money needed to acquire it.

   He rented half of the house to someone else so that his home loan became self-liquidating.

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self-liquidating British  

adjective

1. (of a loan, bill of exchange, etc) used to finance transactions whose proceeds are expected to accrue before the date of redemption or repayment

2. (of a business transaction, project, investment, etc) yielding proceeds sufficient to cover the initial outlay or to finance any recurrent outlays

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Etymology

Origin of self-liquidating

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

The “testamentary trust will be self-liquidating after a decade or so and operate with a lean staff,” Buffett said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

It was a revolving, self-liquidating rabbit and Mr. Roosevelt put its life at a maximum seven years, its first-year size at $870,000,000, ultimate size $3,860,000,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

Truslow explained that he was resigning to join a two-man State Department commission to look into Brazil's opportunities for self-liquidating projects in power, transportation and agriculture and had recommended McCormick as his successor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Preference should be given to those projects which will be self-liquidating.

From Time Magazine Archive

The period should be sufficient to allow of a resale of the goods on which the bill is based, thus making the bill in a sense self-liquidating.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur