单词 | self-liquidating |
释义 | self-liquidatingadj. 1. Finance. a. Of credit, a loan, etc.: that is repaid, usually over a fixed period, from the revenue generated by the assets acquired or developed using the funds loaned. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adjective] > types of loan self-liquidating1851 non-recourse1905 bridging1930 tied1958 underwater1975 sovereign1977 single currency1978 roll-up1983 self-certified1989 sub-sovereign1991 subprime1993 1851 Westm. & Foreign Q. Rev. Jan. 186/2 Private land-draining companies..will..arrange the necessary loans, and finally deliver..the land with a perfect thorough drainage, and with a legal self-liquidating annual charge distributed over a period of years. 1864 N.Y. Times 8 Mar. 6/2 (advt.) The Board of Water Commissioners' Loan for water works..amounts to $1,189,000, which, by its water rents, is self-sustaining and self-liquidating. 1915 U.S. Fed. Reserve Board 1st Ann. Rep. 1914 9 It is recommended that the Federal Reserve Banks confine themselves strictly to dealing in short-term, self-liquidating paper growing out of commercial, industrial, and agricultural operations. 1967 Economist 10 June p. xxxi/2 The traditional role of providing short term, self-liquidating trade finance to a nation of shopkeepers is too narrow. 2010 H. L. Vogel Financial Market Bubbles & Crashes Pref. p. xxv Self-liquidating credit, with loans repaid from sales of produced goods and services, adds value to an economy. b. Originally and chiefly U.S. Of a project, plan, etc.: that generates enough revenue from its own operations to repay the investment made in it; self-financing. ΚΠ 1917 Warren (Pa.) Morning Chron. 11 Sept. 4/1 A proper attitude on the part of the farmers will make the great crop movement self-liquidating. 1932 Montana Standard 12 May 2/8 Self-liquidating and profit-making enterprises, such as tunnels, bridges, and the destruction of slum districts. 1975 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 18 June 3/3 The capital budget does include $1.9 million for self-liquidating housing at Plymouth State College. 2009 C. P. Parham St. Lawrence Seaway & Power Project i. 22 These measures, and the charging of tolls, made the project self-liquidating. 2. Marketing (originally U.S.). Designating a sales promotion or offer that generates enough revenue to cover its costs, typically either by requiring the customer to make a small payment or by generating increased sales. Cf. self-liquidator n. 2. ΚΠ 1940 Advertising & Selling June 34/1 The outstanding success of the first intensive users of the self-liquidating premiums in bidding for box tops forced others into the field. 1954 Ames (Iowa) Daily Tribune 11 Feb. 3/6 A self-liquidating offer explained on side panels of the 5 and 10-pound sizes, will offer a set of six of the steak knives for a dollar. 1971 R. L. Willsmer Directing Marketing Effort ii. xviii. 292 A self-liquidating premium looks good because it theoretically costs nothing. 2009 F. Buttle Customer Relationship Managem. ix. 274 A self-liquidating promotion is one that recovers its own direct costs. Typically, consumers are invited to collect proofs of purchase, and mail them in with a personal cheque or money order. This entitles a customer to buy a product at a discounted premium. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1851 |
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