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illiquid

/ɪˈlɪkwɪd/

illiquid adjective: not readily converted into cash.

Adjective

illiquid (comparative more illiquid, superlative most illiquid)

  1. Not readily converted into cash.
    • illiquid assets
    • Investment in illiquid assets may prove to be a mistake if the market turns down.
    Antonyms:
    liquid
  2. Having substantial assets but with most of them being of types not readily converted into cash (thus, not having much ready money).
    • illiquid millionaires
    Antonyms:
    liquid

illiquid meaning in Tamil

illiquid in Tamil

பணவோட்டமிலா

Examples of illiquid in a sentence

  • 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.2023 January 17, Matthew Goldstein, David Yaffe-Bellany, “In Hunt for FTX Assets, Lawyers Locate Billions in Cash and Crypto”, in The New...
  • “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.2023 September 30, Victoria Bekiempis, quoting Caroline Ellison, “‘Dark’ donations, free love and the fall: the Sam Bankman-Fried trial is...

Antonyms of illiquid

Forms of illiquid

comparativemore illiquid
superlativemost illiquid

Origin of illiquid

From il- (“not”) + liquid.

Words formed from illiquid

Words that rhyme with illiquid

Questions about illiquid

What does illiquid mean?
Illiquid means not readily converted into cash.
What is illiquid in Tamil?
Illiquid in Tamil is பணவோட்டமிலா. See Illiquid meaning in Tamil.
How do you use illiquid in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is illiquid?
Illiquid is an adjective.
How do you pronounce illiquid?
Illiquid is pronounced /ɪˈlɪkwɪd/.

Words near illiquid in the dictionary

  1. illipe
  2. illipene
  3. illipes
  4. illipi
  5. illiquation
  6. illiquid
  7. illiquidities
  8. illiquidity
  9. illiquidly
  10. illish
  11. illision

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Adapted from Wiktionary: illiquid (page history and authors); illiquid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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