"illiquid" meaning in English

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          "text": "Aside from the $5.5 billion, FTX also holds sizable positions in 20 digital assets that the lawyers described as “illiquid tokens” that are difficult to convert into cash.",
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          "text": "“While I was co-CEO and then CEO, I understood that Alameda had made numerous large illiquid venture investments and had lent money to Mr Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives,” Ellison said.",
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        "Lacking liquidity; unable to be converted into cash."
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        "(finance) Lacking liquidity; unable to be converted into cash."
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          "roman": "nelikviden",
          "sense": "lacking liquidity",
          "word": "неликвиден"
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          "sense": "lacking liquidity",
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          "sense": "lacking liquidity",
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          "sense": "lacking liquidity",
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          "sense": "lacking liquidity",
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          "sense": "lacking liquidity",
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          "sense": "lacking liquidity",
          "word": "неликви́дный"
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          "sense": "lacking liquidity",
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          "sense": "lacking liquidity",
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      "sense": "lacking liquidity",
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      "sense": "lacking liquidity",
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      "sense": "lacking liquidity",
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      "sense": "lacking liquidity",
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      "sense": "lacking liquidity",
      "word": "неликви́дный"
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