Accounting Dictionary

Liquidity

The ability to quickly change assets into cash.

If your main asset consists of a bank account, it can easily be used to pay bills. We would say your assets are liquid. If your main asset is a building that may take months and months to sell, you cannot readily use that asset to pay your monthly electric bill so we would say your assets are not liquid.

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