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   liquidate

   /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. wind up the affairs of (a business) by ascertaining liabilities and apportioning assets: "if the company was liquidated, there would be enough funds released to honour the debts" Similar close downwind upput into liquidationdissolvebreak updisbandterminate
   • ▪ (of a business) go into liquidation: "the company would have the strength to reorganize and not be forced to liquidate"
   • ▪ convert (assets) into cash: "a plan to liquidate £1 billion worth of property over seven years" Similar convert to cashconvertcashcash insell offsell uprealize
   • ▪ pay off (a debt): "the fund was raided for purposes other than liquidating the public debt" Similar pay offpaypay in fullsettlecleardischargesquaremake goodhonourdefraysatisfyaccount forremit
   • 2. kill (someone), typically by violent means: informal "rivals and critics were liquidated in bloody purges"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘set out (accounts) clearly’): from medieval Latin liquidat- ‘made clear’, from the verb liquidare, from Latin liquidus (see liquid). liquidate (sense 1) was influenced by Italian liquidare and French liquider, liquidate (sense 2) by Russian likvidirovatʹ.

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishLIQUIDATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   LIQUIDATE definition: 1. to cause a business to close, so that its assets can be sold to pay its debts 2. to kill someone…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of LIQUIDATE is to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts). How to use liquidate in a sentence.

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   Liquidate definition: to settle or pay (a debt). See examples of LIQUIDATE used in a sentence.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryLIQUIDATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   LIQUIDATE meaning: 1. to cause a business to close, so that its assets can be sold to pay its debts 2. to kill someone…. Learn more.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishLIQUIDATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   To liquidate a company is to close it down and sell all its assets, usually because it is in debt.

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   Definition of liquidate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   To liquidate is to convert stocks or goods into cash by selling them, to finish business neatly, and to clear debts. If you liquidate your old baseball card collection, you will have money to put in your college fund. Definitions of liquidate. verb. eliminate by paying off (debts) synonyms: pay off. see more. verb.