illiquid
/ɪˈlɪk.wɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪˈlɪk.wɪd/ (ame, ipa) · /(ˌ)i(l)-ˈlik-wəd/ (ame, mw)
illiquid — adjective
- illiquidpositive
- more illiquidcomparative
- most illiquidsuperlative
1. describes an asset or investment that exists as something other than cash and ta
describes an asset or investment that exists as something other than cash and takes a long time to sell without accepting a much lower price. For example, a house or a piece of land takes much longer to sell than shares in a company, so it is an illiquid asset.
Andre wanted to sell his apartment quickly, but he soon learned that real estate is a highly illiquid asset.
illiquid + noun (asset, investment)
The pension fund held most of its money in illiquid investments like private company shares.
held most of its money in illiquid investments
Because the stock market was falling, many investors found themselves stuck with illiquid positions they could not sell.
Chitra's startup owned valuable patents, but those were illiquid assets that could not pay the staff salaries.
An illiquid market means there are very few buyers or sellers, so a trade may take days to complete.
- non-cash
broader term; any asset that is not cash, even if easily sold (e.g., stocks are non-cash but liquid — less precise)
- unmarketable
focused on the lack of buyers rather than the difficulty of converting to cash
- frozen
informal; suggests the asset is legally or practically trapped and cannot be moved at all, not just slow to convert
- liquid
direct opposite — describes assets that can be turned into cash quickly without significant loss of value
- cash-equivalent
narrower antonym; assets so close to cash they can be used like money
文法句型
illiquid + noun (asset, investment, market)
用法筆記
Frequently paired with financial nouns such as 'assets', 'investments', 'market', 'securities', or 'positions'. The opposite is 'liquid', which describes assets that can be quickly turned into cash (e.g., publicly traded stocks, cash itself).