illiquid.
Lacking liquidity.
Meaning & usage
Lacking liquidity. Not readily converted into cash.
illiquid assets
Investment in illiquid assets may prove to be a mistake if the market turns down.
Lacking liquidity. Having substantial assets but with most of them being of types not readily converted into cash (thus, not having much ready money).
illiquid millionaires
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English il- Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *wlikʷéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *(w)likʷēō Latin liqueō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin liquidusbor. Old French liquidebor. Middle English liquide English liquid English illiquid From il- (“not”) + liquid.
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