Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• LIQUIDITY DISCOUNT
  
  a decrease in the value of a private company compared to the value of a similar but publicly traded company. Since an investor in a private company cannot readily sell his or her investment, the shares in the private company must be valued less than a comparable public company.
  
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