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liq·ui·date

(lĭk′wĭ-dāt′)

v. liq·ui·dat·ed, liq·ui·dat·ing, liq·ui·dates

v.tr.

a. To pay off (a debt, claim, or obligation); settle.

b. To settle the affairs of (a business firm, for example) by determining the liabilities and applying the assets to their discharge.

2. To convert (assets) into cash.

3. To eliminate, especially by killing.

v.intr.

1. To settle a debt, claim, or obligation.

2. To settle the affairs of a business or estate by disposing of its assets and liabilities.

[Late Latin liquidāre, liquidāt-, to melt, from Latin liquidus, liquid; see liquid.]

liq′ui·da′tion n.

liq′ui·da′tor n.

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liquidator

(ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪtə)

1. (Professions) a person assigned to supervise the liquidation of a business concern and whose legal authorization, rights, and duties differ according to whether the liquidation is compulsory or voluntary

2. (Commerce) a person assigned to supervise the liquidation of a business concern and whose legal authorization, rights, and duties differ according to whether the liquidation is compulsory or voluntary

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liq•ui•da•tor

(ˈlɪk wɪˌdeɪ tər)

n.

1. a person who liquidates assets, esp. one authorized to do so by a court of law.

2. an official appointed by a court of law to direct the liquidation of a business.

[1855–60]

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Noun	1.	liquidator - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) manslayer, murderer assassin, assassinator, bravo - a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors" butcher - a brutal indiscriminate murderer criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime cutthroat - someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat fratricide - a person who murders their brother or sister gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, torpedo, triggerman, gun, shooter - a professional killer who uses a gun hatchet man, iceman - a professional killer infanticide - a person who murders an infant killer, slayer - someone who causes the death of a person or animal mass murderer - a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident murderess - a woman murderer parricide - someone who kills his or her parent ripper - a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife; "Jack the Ripper was probably a madman" serial killer, serial murderer - someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval
	2.	liquidator - (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties receiver law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" fiduciary - a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary; "it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain"

Translations

مُصَفٍّ قَضائي، مأمور التَّصْفِيَه

-kalikvidátor

likvidator

Liquidator

liquidateur

felszámolólikvidátor

skiptastjóri

liquidatore

bobestyrer likvidator

likvidátor

tasfiye memuru

清理者

liquidator

[ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtəʳ] N → liquidador(a) m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

liquidator

[ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtə^r] n → liquidateur mliquid crystal n → cristal/aux m liquideliquid crystal display n → affichage m à cristaux liquides

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

liquidator

n → Liquidator m, → Abwickler m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

liquidator

[ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪtəʳ] n (Fin) → liquidatore m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

liquid

(ˈlikwid) adjective

able to flow; not solid, but not a gas. liquid nitrogen; The ice-cream has become liquid.

noun

a substance which flows, like water. a clear liquid.

liquefy (ˈlikwifai) verb

to make or become liquid. The butter had liquefied in the heat.

ˈliquidate (-deit) verb

1. to close, and finish the affairs of (a business etc that has no money to continue).

2. to get rid of.

ˌliquiˈdation noun

ˈliquidator noun

ˈliquidize, ˈliquidise verb

to make (food etc) into a liquid or semi-liquid substance by grinding it up in a liquidizer.

ˈliquidizer, ˈliquidiser noun

an electrical device used in cookery to grind up food.

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"I am no statesman," said the notary; "I see in a ruler a liquidator of society which should always remain in liquidation; he should hand over to his successor the exact value of the assets which he received."

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A secured creditor may waive his security lien by making a manifestation to that effect prior to the election of a liquidator. For the waiver to be valid, the secured creditor must do it through a public instrument, in unequivocal language, and with full knowledge of the consequences of his action.

The role of the liquidator

Prior to the appointment of the current liquidators a provisional liquidator was in office between 22 June 2010 and 6 October 2010.

MK Airlines Limited announces liquidation

The creditors of failed investment bank Babcock & Brown Limited (BNB.AU) have voted to liquidate the assets of the company Dow Jones has reported, citing the liquidator.

Babcock & Brown creditors vote to liquidate company

Orc Software AB supplies its Orc Liquidator solution to CQS Management Ltd

Mr Molale said the liquidator has informed government that there was a good opportunity for the mine to reopen at some stage.

BCL reopening not yet known

Liquidator Gabriel Mullins Agri Contracting Limited NOTE: Every member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint a Proxy to attend, speak and vote on his behalf.