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Liquidity

By Rosemary Peavler, About.com

Definition: Liquidity is a business firm's ability to repay its short-term debts and obligations on time. Short-term usually means one year or less.
Also Known As: marketability
Examples:
XYZ, Inc. has enough liquidity to meet its accounts payable two times over next month.
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