Zahlungskraft

German

Etymology

Zahlung (“payment”) +‎ -s- (“genitival interfix”) +‎ Kraft (“power/force”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡saːlʊŋsˌkʁaft]
  • Hyphenation: Zah‧lungs‧kraft

Noun

Zahlungskraft f (genitive Zahlungskraft, plural Zahlungskraften)

  1. (economics, finance) financial clout, purchasing power (the actual capacity of an entity to deploy liquid funds for purchases or investments)
    Die enorme Zahlungskraft des Investors ermöglichte die Übernahme des Konkurrenten innerhalb weniger Tage.
    The investor's enormous financial clout enabled the takeover of the competitor within a few days.

Declension

Declension of Zahlungskraft [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Zahlungskraft die Zahlungskraften
genitive einer der Zahlungskraft der Zahlungskraften
dative einer der Zahlungskraft den Zahlungskraften
accusative eine die Zahlungskraft die Zahlungskraften

Synonyms

  • Finanzkraft (financial strength)
  • Kaufkraft (purchasing power; often used in consumer contexts)
  • Liquidität (liquidity; the underlying availability of funds)

Antonyms

  • Zahlungsschwäche (financial weakness)
  • Mittelosigkeit (lack of means)

Coordinate terms

  • Zahlungsfähigkeit (the technical ability to meet existing obligations)
  • Bonität (the creditworthiness that supports external financing)
  • Barreserven (the cash on hand that constitutes immediate power)
  • Kreditlinie (the pre-approved borrowing limit that extends financial reach)
  • Solvenz (the long-term financial health of an entity)
  • zahlungskräftig (wealthy; solvent; adjective)
  • Währungskraft (the strength of a currency)
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