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adj
Lacking liquidity.
Not readily converted into cash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: liquid
adj
Lacking liquidity.
Having substantial assets but with most of them being of types not readily converted into cash (thus, not having much ready money).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: liquid
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English il- Proto-Indo-European *wleykw- Proto-Indo-European *wlikw-éh1-ye-ti Proto-Italic *wlikwēō Latin liqueō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin liquidusbor. Old French liquidebor. Middle English liquide English liquid English illiquid From il- (“not”) + liquid.
Across languages
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