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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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   Learn the various meanings and uses of the verb liquidate, such as to settle a debt, to do away with, or to convert into cash. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries.

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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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   Liquidate means to settle or pay a debt, reduce accounts to order, convert assets to cash, or get rid of something. Learn the origin, usage, and history of the word liquidate from Dictionary.com.

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