liquid /likˈwid/

1. Flowing
2. Fluid
3. Watery
4. In a state between solid and gas, in which the molecules move freely about one another but do not fly apart (physics)
5. Clear
6. Moist
7. (of sound, etc) free from harshness
8. Indisputable
9. Unfixed
10. (of assets) readily converted into cash

1. A fluid substance
2. A flowing consonant sound, such as l or r (phonetics)

liqˈuidate transitive verb

1. To clear up or off (esp a debt)
2. To wind up (a commercial firm, etc), bringing its trading to an end
3. To turn (assets) into cash
4. To dispose of
5. To wipe out, do away with (slang)
6. To kill off (slang)

To go into liquidation

liquidāˈtion noun

liqˈuidator noun

liquidˈity noun

1. The state of being liquid
2. The condition of having liquid assets
3. The amount of liquid assets a company has
4. A measure of the ease with which an asset can be turned into cash

liqˈuidize or liqˈuidise transitive verb

1. To make liquid
2. To purée (food)

liqˈuidizer or liqˈuidiser noun

A machine which purées foodstuffs

liqˈuidly adverb

liqˈuidness noun

liquid assets plural noun (finance)

Assets which are already, or may be easily converted into, cash, such as shares, bank deposits, etc

liquid crystal noun

A liquid which, like a crystal, has different optical properties depending on its polarity, over a definite range of temperature above its freezing point

liquid crystal display noun

A display, esp in electronic instruments, based on the changes in reflectivity of a liquid crystal cell when an electric field is applied, switching it from an opaque to a transparent state

liquidity ratio noun (finance)

The proportion of a bank's assets that can be converted into cash at short notice

liquid lunch noun (informal)

An instance of drinking alcohol at lunch-time instead of eating food

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