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3 dictionary results for: Liquidated
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liq·ui·date       [lik-wi-deyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -dat·ed, -dat·ing.
–verb (used with object)
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 convert (inventory, securities, or other assets) into cash.
4.to get rid of, esp. by killing: to liquidate the enemies of the regime.
5.to break up or do away with: to liquidate a partnership.
–verb (used without object)
6.to liquidate debts or accounts; go into liquidation.

[Origin: 1565–75; 1920–25 for def. 4; < LL liquidātus, ptp. of liquidāre to melt, make clear. See liquid, -ate1]

1. discharge, clear, erase, cancel.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
liq·ui·date       (lĭk'wĭ-dāt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   liq·ui·dat·ed, liq·ui·dat·ing, liq·ui·dates

v.   tr.
    1. To pay off (a debt, a claim, or an obligation); settle.
    2. To settle the affairs of (a business firm, for example) by determining the liabilities and applying the assets to their discharge.
  1. To convert (assets) into cash.
  2. To put an end to; abolish.
  3. To put to death; kill.

v.   intr.
  1. To settle a debt, a claim, or an obligation.
  2. To settle the affairs of a business or an estate by disposing of its assets and liabilities. See Synonyms at eliminate.


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

liq'ui·da'tion n., liq'ui·da'tor n.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: liq·ui·dat·ed
Function: adjective
1 : settled or determined by liquidating —see also liquidated damages at DAMAGE 2
2 : capable of being readily fixed, calculated, or ascertained as a sum esp. without dispute or reliance on opinion or discretion

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