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- Dictionaryliq·ui·date/ˈlikwəˌdāt/
verb
- 1. wind up the affairs of (a company or firm) by ascertaining liabilities and apportioning assets: "if the company was liquidated, there would be enough funds released to honor the debts" Similar
- 2. eliminate, typically by violent means; kill: informal "rivals and critics were liquidated in bloody purges"
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1. a (1) : to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) (2) : to determine the liabilities (see liability sense 2) and apportion assets toward discharging the indebtedness of. b. : to settle (a debt) by payment or other settlement. liquidate a loan. 2.
verb. 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.
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.
LIQUIDATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of liquidate 2. to cause a business to close, so that its assets…. Learn more.
1. verb. To liquidate a company is to close it down and sell all its assets, usually because it is in debt. [business] A unanimous vote was taken to liquidate the company. [VERB noun] Synonyms: dissolve, cancel, abolish, terminate More Synonyms of liquidate. liquidation (lɪkwɪdeɪʃən ) Word forms: liquidations variable noun.
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.
Find out which words work together and produce more natural-sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app. [transitive] liquidate something (finance) to sell something in order to get money. to liquidate assets.
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. types: lift. pay off (a mortgage)
uk / ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt / us. Add to word list. [ I or T ] LAW, FINANCE. if a business liquidates or is liquidated, it is closed so that its assets can be sold to pay its debts: The only way for management to return value to shareholders in the short term is to liquidate the company and return the cash.
Definitions of 'liquidate' 1. To liquidate a company is to close it down and sell all its assets, usually because it is in debt. [business] [...] 2. If a company liquidates its assets, its property such as buildings or machinery is sold in order to get money. [business] [...] 3.
