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Definition of liquidity noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

liquidity

noun
 
/lɪˈkwɪdəti/
 
/lɪˈkwɪdəti/
[uncountable] (finance)
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  1. the state of owning things of value that can easily be exchanged for cash
    • Financial institutions must maintain sufficient liquidity to meet the demands of depositors.
    Topics Moneyc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLiquidity is used before these nouns:
    • crisis
    • trap
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French liquidité or medieval Latin liquiditas, from Latin liquidus, from liquere ‘be liquid’.
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