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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
- 2. kill (someone), typically by violent means: informal "rivals and critics were liquidated in bloody purges"
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LIQUIDATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of liquidate 2. to cause a business to close, so that its assets…. Learn more.
verb. uk / ˈlɪk.wə.deɪt / us / ˈlɪk.wə.deɪt / liquidate verb (CLOSE) Add to word list. [ I or T ] to cause a business to close, so that its assets can be sold to pay its debts. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to stop operating permanently.
1. : to liquidate debts, damages, or accounts. 2. : to determine liabilities (see liability sense 2) and apportion assets toward discharging indebtedness. liquidation. ˌli-kwə-ˈdā-shən. noun. Synonyms. abolish.
to settle or pay off (a debt, claim, etc) to determine by litigation or agreement the amount of (damages, indebtedness, etc) to terminate the operations of (a commercial firm, bankrupt estate, etc) by assessment of liabilities and appropriation of assets for their settlement.
to cause a business to close, so that its assets can be sold to pay its debts. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to stop operating permanently. close down With sales down, the company closed one factory down and reduced the workforce at another. close Many of the shops on the main street have closed recently.
4 meanings: 1. a. to settle or pay off (a debt, claim, etc) b. to determine by litigation or agreement the amount of (damages,.... Click for more definitions.
verb. /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt/ Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] liquidate (something) to close a business and sell everything it owns in order to pay debts Topics Business c2. Want to learn more?
