self-liquidating
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Related to self-liquidating: Self-Liquidating Loans
self-liq·ui·dat·ing
(sĕlf′lĭk′wĭ-dā′tĭng)adj.
1. Involving goods convertible into cash in a short time. Used of business transactions.
2. Producing a return equal to the sum invested to create or maintain something: a self-liquidating toll-bridge project.
self′-liq′ui·da′tion n.
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self-liquidating
adj
1. (Banking & Finance) (of a loan, bill of exchange, etc) used to finance transactions whose proceeds are expected to accrue before the date of redemption or repayment
2. (Economics) (of a business transaction, project, investment, etc) yielding proceeds sufficient to cover the initial outlay or to finance any recurrent outlays
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self`-liq′uidating
adj.
1. able to be converted into cash quickly.
2. (esp. of a property) producing income that repays the cost.
[1915–20]
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