Illiquid Definition

ĭ-lĭkwĭd
adjective
Not readily convertible into cash.
Webster's New World
Characterized by an insufficiency of cash.
Webster's New World
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other
An investment that can’t be quickly converted into cash. Such investments include limited partnerships, real estate, or investment into securities or debt of a company that is thinly traded or which doesn’t trade on major exchanges.
Webster's New World Finance
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Origin of Illiquid

  • From il- +‎ liquid.

    From Wiktionary

Illiquid Sentence Examples

  • Unlike other assets, properties have to be managed and markets can be very illiquid, he says.

  • It is significant that some market contacts have expressed misgiving about the present scale of demand for risky and potentially illiquid assets.

  • He spent over £ 250,000 on litigation and on his death in 1859 was not insolvent but seriously illiquid.

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Words Starting With

IILILL

Words Ending With

DIDUID

Unscrambles

illiquid

Words Starting With I and Ending With D

Starts With I & Ends With DStarts With IL & Ends With DStarts With I & Ends With ID

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With I8 Letter Words Ending With D
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