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liq·ui·date
(lĭk′wĭ-dāt′)v. liq·ui·dat·ed, liq·ui·dat·ing, liq·ui·dates
v.tr.
1.
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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liquidate
(ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪt)vb
1. (Banking & Finance)
a. to settle or pay off (a debt, claim, etc)
b. to determine by litigation or agreement the amount of (damages, indebtedness, etc)
2. (Commerce)
a. to terminate the operations of (a commercial firm, bankrupt estate, etc) by assessment of liabilities and appropriation of assets for their settlement
b. (of a commercial firm, etc) to terminate operations in this manner
3. (Banking & Finance) (tr) to convert (assets) into cash
4. (tr) to eliminate or kill
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liq•ui•date
(ˈlɪk wɪˌdeɪt)v. -dat•ed, -dat•ing. v.t.
1. to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
2. to reduce (accounts) to order; determine the amount of (indebtedness or damages).
3. to dissolve (a business or estate) by apportioning the assets to offset the liabilities.
4. to convert (inventory, securities, or other assets) into cash.
5. to get rid of, esp. by killing.
6. to break up or do away with: to liquidate a partnership.
v.i. 7. to liquidate debts or accounts.
[1565–75; < Late Latin liquidātus, past participle of liquidāre to melt, make clear]
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liquidate
Past participle: liquidated
Gerund: liquidating
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| Verb | 1. | liquidate - get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" |
| 2. | liquidate - eliminate by paying off (debts) lift - pay off (a mortgage) | |
| 3. | liquidate - convert into cash; "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband" | |
| 4. | liquidate - settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off; "liquidate a company" settle - dispose of; make a financial settlement |
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liquidate
verb
2. convert to cash, cash, realize, sell off, sell up The company closed down operations and began liquidating its assets.
3. kill, murder, remove, destroy, do in (slang), silence, eliminate, take out (slang), get rid of, wipe out (informal), dispatch, finish off, do away with, blow away (slang, chiefly U.S.), annihilate, exterminate, bump off (slang), rub out (U.S. slang) They have not hesitated in the past to liquidate their rivals.
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liquidate
verb2. To destroy all traces of:
abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, obliterate, remove, root (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out.
Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to.
3. To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution:
Idioms: do away with, put an end to.
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Translations
يَتَخَلَّص منيُصَفّي حِسابا
likvidovatzrušit
likviderelukke
likvidál
gera upplosa sig viî
likvidovať
defetmekişi kapatmakkurtulmaktasfiye etmek
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liquidate
vt
(Comm) → liquidieren; assets → liquidieren, flüssigmachen; company → auflösen, liquidieren; to liquidate a debt → eine Schuld tilgen
enemy etc → liquidieren
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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) verb1. to close, and finish the affairs of (a business etc that has no money to continue).
2. to get rid of.
ˌliquiˈdation nounˈliquidator 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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