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Glossary of Credit Management Terms. Letter Q

Quick assets:
Assets held in cash or in something that can be readily turned into cash (e.g. deposits in bank current account, trade debts, marketable investments). The ratio of these assets to current liabilities provides an assessment of an organisation’s liquidity or solvency.

Quick ratio:
A term used to measure the short-term ability of a business to meet its obligations. It is calculated as current assets less stocks and work in progress, divided by current liabilities (also known as Acid test ratio).