illiquid
換金しにくい
解説 Definition
金融用語。容易に現金に換金できない資産や投資商品のこと。市場での流通性が低い状態を指す。
If something is illiquid, it cannot be easily sold or changed into cash quickly without losing value. This word is mainly used in finance and business to describe assets or markets.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず liquid を「液体の」だけでなく「流動的な」と押さえると覚えやすいです。金融では liquid assets が「すぐ現金化しやすい資産」。そこに否定の il- が付いた illiquid は「お金としてすぐ流れない」。不動産や未上場株のように、売りたくても相手や時間が必要な場面を結びつけると定着します。illiquid assets, an illiquid market の形でよく出ます。insolvent は「資金繰り不能」で別概念なので混同注意。
Remember `liquid` as something that flows easily. In finance, `liquid assets` can quickly turn into cash, so `illiquid` means they do not move into cash easily. Think of real estate or private shares that take time and effort to sell.
例文
Real estate is typically considered an illiquid asset because it takes months to sell.
不動産は売却に数ヶ月かかるため、通常は非流動資産と見なされている。
During a financial crisis, companies struggle with illiquid investments.
金融危機の最中、企業は非流動投資に苦労する。
The investor needed to balance liquid and illiquid holdings in the portfolio.
投資家はポートフォリオの流動資産と非流動資産のバランスを取る必要があった。
illiquid の類義語・関連語
illiquid の語源・成り立ち Etymology
illiquid は否定の il- と、ラテン語 liquidus「流れるような」由来の liquid から成り、原義は「流動的でない」です。liquid や liquefy と同根で、お金にすっと“流して”変えられない資産だと考えると「換金しにくい」が見えてきます。
Illiquid is made from il- "not" and liquid. Liquid comes from Latin liquidus, meaning "flowing" or "clear," from a root linked to flowing. The word first suggested something that does not flow easily, and later came to mean assets that cannot be quickly turned into cash; related words include liquid and liquefy.
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