self-liquidating

[self-lik-wi-dey-ting, self-]

self-liq·ui·dat·ing

[self-lik-wi-dey-ting, self-]
adjective
1.
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.
(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.

Origin:
1915–20
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Self-liquidating has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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self-liquidating
 
adj
1.  (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.  (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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