liquidity

[ li-kwid-i-tee ]

/ lɪˈkwɪd ɪ ti /

a liquid state or quality.

the ability or ease with which assets can be converted into cash.

Origin of liquidity

From the Latin word liquiditās, dating back to 1610–20. See liquid, -ity

But in these times of austerity, it may not have that kind of liquidity lying around.

Why Draghi is Skipping Jackson Hole: Time and Money? |Alex Klein |August 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
With liquidity so low, share prices began to wildly fluctuate.

How Wall Street Computers Almost Killed Knight Trading |Alex Klein, Matthew Zeitlin |August 7, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
There's the John Maynard Keynes character arguing for fiscal stimulus to jolt the economy out of a liquidity trap.

David Mamet's Right Turn |David Frum |May 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Some of those sales are likely going to come from employees, who will thus get liquidity.

Facebook's $50 Billion Goldman Goldmine |David Kirkpatrick |January 3, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

By buying U.S. government debt, the Fed is pumping $600 billion of liquidity into the American economy as stimulus.

Showdown in Seoul |Gordon G. Chang |November 10, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
The prevailing ideas in such circumstances are peace and liquidity!

Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished |R.M. Ballantyne
The test of liquidity here applied relates to the items separately, on the assumption that other things are not radically changed.

The Value of Money |Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
The object of this is to keep the honey in a certain state of liquidity, by preventing the evaporation of the water it contains.

The Insect World |Louis Figuier
Such loans lack the liquidity which the bank must insist upon.

The Value of Money |Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
If stock exchange loans lose their liquidity, what of the rest of bank loans?

The Value of Money |Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.

liquidity

/ (lɪˈkwɪdɪtɪ) /

the possession of sufficient liquid assets to discharge current liabilities

the state or quality of being liquid

liquidity

[ (li-kwid-uh-tee) ]

The condition of having enough money on hand to meet financial obligations without having to sell fixed assets, such as machinery or equipment.