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Liquidity is the capacity that a business has to be able to make payments in the short-run.

This is implicitly related to the capacity to convert -buy or sell- assets into "liquid" money, meaning the assets can be sold easily. Liquidity ratios determine how easily a company can pay its short-term debt and its "marketability" of its assets

This way if a company reaches financial equilibrium in the short run keeps in mind its evolution, it will be able to earn enough money at the right time, which is the reason why it will not see itself obliged to postpone its debt payments.