noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/lɪkˈwɪdəti/
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CMU ARPABET:L IH0 K W IH1 D AH0 T IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:L IH0 K W IH1 D IH0 T IY0
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The state or property of being liquid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: illiquidity, nonliquidity
2
noun
Meaning 2
The degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: illiquidity, nonliquidity
3
noun
Meaning 3
An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: economics, sciences
Examples
Some stocks are traded so rarely that they lack liquidity.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: illiquidity, nonliquidity
4
noun
Meaning 4
Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: illiquidity, nonliquidity
5
noun
Meaning 5
being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: liquid, liquidness, liquid state
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state of matter, state
History
Etymology
From liquid + -ity, from Latin liquiditas. In their financial and economic senses, this and various associated terms all involve portraying assets figuratively as if they were liquids and solids, dissolving the solids with solvents, freezing and thawing, and so on.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
течно състояние
(tečno sǎstojanie)
— state of being liquid
Catalan:
liquiditat
— state of being liquid
Czech:
tekutost
— state of being liquid
Finnish:
nestemäisyys
— state of being liquid
Finnish:
likvidiys
— state of being liquid
German:
Flüssigsein
— state of being liquid
Greek:
ρευστότητα
(refstótita)
— state of being liquid
Indonesian:
likuiditas
— state of being liquid
Irish:
leachtacht
— state of being liquid
Polish:
płynność
— state of being liquid
Portuguese:
liquidez
— state of being liquid
Romanian:
lichiditate
— state of being liquid
Spanish:
liquidez
— state of being liquid
Swedish:
flytande tillstånd
— state of being liquid
Tagalog:
pagka-danum
— state of being liquid
Armenian:
իրացվելիություն
(iracʻveliutʻyun)
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Bulgarian:
ликви́дност
(likvídnost)
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Catalan:
liquiditat
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Chinese Mandarin:
流動性 /流动性
(liúdòngxìng)
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Czech:
likvidita
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Danish:
likviditet
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Esperanto:
likvidebleco
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Finnish:
likvidiys
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
German:
Liquidität
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
German:
Verfügbarkeit
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Greek:
ρευστότητα
(refstótita)
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Irish:
leachtacht
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Italian:
liquidità
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Japanese:
流動性
(ryūdōsei)
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Kazakh:
өтімділік
(ötımdılık)
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Korean:
환금성
(hwan'geumseong)
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Latin:
liquiditas
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Polish:
płynność
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Russian:
ликви́дность
(likvídnostʹ)
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Swedish:
likviditet
— property of being able to be easily converted into cash
Armenian:
իրացվելիություն
(iracʻveliutʻyun)
— finance: availability of cash over short term
Bulgarian:
ликви́дност
(likvídnost)
— finance: availability of cash over short term
Czech:
likvidita
— finance: availability of cash over short term
Finnish:
maksuvalmius
— finance: availability of cash over short term
Finnish:
likviditeetti
— finance: availability of cash over short term
German:
Zahlungsbereitschaft
— finance: availability of cash over short term
Greek:
ρευστότητα
(refstótita)
— finance: availability of cash over short term
Indonesian:
likuiditas
— finance: availability of cash over short term
Irish:
leachtacht
— finance: availability of cash over short term
Italian:
liquidità
— finance: availability of cash over short term
Polish:
płynność
— finance: availability of cash over short term
Russian:
ликви́дность
(likvídnostʹ)
— finance: availability of cash over short term
Swedish:
likviditet
— finance: availability of cash over short term
