illiquid
/ɪˈlɪkwɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "illiquid assets"
- "Investment in illiquid assets may prove to be a mistake if the market turns down."
- "Aside from the $5.5 billion, FTX also holds sizable positions in 20 digital assets that the lawyers described as “illiquid tokens” that are difficult to convert into cash."
- "“While I was co-CEO and then CEO, I understood that Alameda had made numerous large illiquid venture investments and had lent money to Mr Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives,” Ellison said."
- "illiquid millionaires"
Etymology
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.
Inflected Forms
more illiquid (comparative)
most illiquid (superlative)