illiquid

illiquid
1. Not readily convertible into *cash. Examples of illiquid items include *fixed assets and some types of *current asset, such as inventory (which by convention is excluded from the *acid test ratio, a key liquidity measure). Contrast *liquid. 2. Without sufficient cash resources to meet *current liabilities.

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  • illiquid — USA Unable to be easily bought or sold in the market and therefore not easily converted into cash. Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010 …   Law dictionary

  • illiquid — (adj.) 1690s, from IL (Cf. il ) not + LIQUID (Cf. liquid) in the financial sense …   Etymology dictionary

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