quick ratio — See acid test ratio. Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010 … Law dictionary
quick ratio — A commonly used, but not always accurate, proxy for a firm s liquidity. The quick ratio is calculated by subtracting inventory from current assets and then dividing the result by current liabilities. Sometimes called the acid test ratio. American … Financial and business terms
Quick ratio — Indicator of a company s financial strength (or weakness). Calculated by taking current assets less inventories, divided by current liabilities. This ratio provides information regarding the firm s liquidity and ability to meet its obligations.… … Financial and business terms
Quick Ratio — An indicator of a company s short term liquidity. The quick ratio measures a company s ability to meet its short term obligations with its most liquid assets. The higher the quick ratio, the better the position of the company. The quick ratio is… … Investment dictionary
Quick ratio — In finance, the Acid test or quick ratio or liquid ratio measures the ability of a company to use its near cash or quick assets to immediately extinguish or retire its current liabilities. Quick assets include those current assets that presumably … Wikipedia
Quick Ratio — Liquiditätsgrade sind insbesondere in der Unternehmensfinanzierung und der Finanzbuchhaltung verwendete betriebswirtschaftliche Kennzahlen, mit denen die Fähigkeit eines Unternehmens, seinen Zahlungsverpflichtungen fristgerecht nachzukommen,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
quick ratio — (Economics) ratio between the current debts of a company and its current liquid assets (measures the company s ability to fulfill its financial obligations over the short term) … English contemporary dictionary
quick ratio — See: liquid ratio … Accounting dictionary
quick ratio — An alternative term for the *acid test ratio … Auditor's dictionary
quick ratio — /kwɪk reɪʃiəυ/ noun same as liquidity ratio … Dictionary of banking and finance