"illiquid" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪˈlɪkwɪd/ Forms: more illiquid [comparative], most illiquid [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪkwɪd Etymology: From il- (“not”) + liquid. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|in-|liquid|alt1=il-|t1=not}} il- (“not”) + liquid Head templates: {{en-adj}} illiquid (comparative more illiquid, superlative most illiquid)
  1. (finance) Lacking liquidity.
    (of assets) Not readily converted into cash.
    Sense id: en-illiquid-en-adj-rFs4IJ7N Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Finance Topics: business, finance
  2. (finance) Lacking liquidity.
    (of persons) Having substantial assets but with most of them being of types not readily converted into cash (thus, not having much ready money).
    Sense id: en-illiquid-en-adj-lXdrg-~- Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Finance, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 44 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 41 59 Topics: business, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: illiquidly Related terms: illiquidity, frozen, insolvent, solvent Translations (lacking liquidity): неликвиден (nelikviden) (Bulgarian), nelikvidní (Czech), epälikvidi (Finnish), illiquide (French), illiquid (German), niepłynny (Polish), ilíquido (Portuguese), неликви́дный (nelikvídnyj) (Russian), ilíquido (Spanish), illikvid (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'lacking liquidity': 50 50
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