self-liquidating

US: (self′lik′wi dā′ting, self′-)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

self-liq•ui•dat•ing  (self′lik′wi dā′ting, self′-), adj. 

1. Business capable of being sold and converted into cash within a short period of time or before the date on which the supplier must be paid.
2. Business (of a property, loan, project, investment, etc.) used or operating in such a way as to repay the money needed to acquire it:
   He rented half of the house to someone else so that his home loan became self-liquidating.

• 1915–20