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Share This liq·ui·date Audio Help / ˈlɪk / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ lik -wi-deyt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation 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 , -ate 1 ]
—Synonyms 1 .
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liq·ui·dat·ed , liq·ui·dat·ing , liq·ui·dates
tr.
To pay off (a debt, a claim, or an obligation); settle.
To settle the affairs of (a business firm, for example) by determining the liabilities and applying the assets to their discharge.
To convert (assets) into cash.
To put an end to; abolish.
To put to death; kill.
intr.
To settle a debt, a claim, or an obligation.
To settle the affairs of a business or an estate by disposing of its assets and liabilities. See Synonyms at eliminate .
liquidāre , liquidāt- , to melt , from Latin liquidus , liquid ; see liquid liq'ui·da'tion n. , liq'ui·da'tor n.
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c.1575, "to reduce to order, to set out clearly" (of accounts), from L.L.
liquidatus, pp. of
liquidare "to melt, make liquid or clear, clarify," from L.
liquidus (see
liquid ). Sense of "clear away" (a debt) first recorded 1755. The meaning "wipe out, kill" is from 1924, possibly from Rus.
likvidirovat. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Share This liquidate verb 1. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" [syn: neutralize ] 2. eliminate by paying off (debts) 3. convert into cash; "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband" 4. settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off; "liquidate a company"
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Share This ˈliquidate 1 [-deit] verb
to close, and finish the affairs of (a business
etc that has no money to continue)
Arabic: يُصَفّي حِسابا Chinese (Simplified): 清理 Chinese (Traditional): 清理 Czech: (z)likvidovat Danish: lukke; likvidere Dutch: liquideren Estonian: lõpetama Finnish: lopettaa French: liquider German: liquidieren Greek: διαλύω (π.χ. επιχείρηση) Hungarian: felszámol Icelandic: gera upp Indonesian: menutup Italian: liquidare
Japanese: 清算する Korean: (회사·상회 등을) 해산하다 Latvian: likvidēt, izbeigt Lithuanian: likviduoti Norwegian: avvikle, likvidere Polish: zlikwidować Portuguese (Brazil): liquidar Portuguese (Portugal): liquidar Romanian: a lichida Russian: ликвидировать Slovak: (z)likvidovať Slovenian: likvidirati Spanish: liquidar Swedish: likvidera, avveckla Turkish: işi kapatmak, tasfiye etmek
ˈliquidate 2 [-deit] verb
to get rid of
Arabic: يَتَخَلَّص من Chinese (Simplified): 肃清 Chinese (Traditional): 肅清 Czech: zrušit Danish: likvidere Dutch: uit de weg ruimen Estonian: likvideerima Finnish: likvidoida French: liquider German: liquidieren Greek: βγάζω από τη μέση, ξεφορτώνομαι Hungarian: likvidál Icelandic: losa sig við Indonesian: menyingkirkan Italian: liquidare
Japanese: 一掃する Korean: 죽이다, 제거하다 Latvian: iznīcināt Lithuanian: paðalinti Norwegian: likvidere Polish: upłynnić, pozbyć się Portuguese (Brazil): liquidar Portuguese (Portugal): liquidar Romanian: a lichida Russian: избавляться Slovak: zrušiť Slovenian: odpraviti Spanish: liquidar Swedish: likvidera, undanröja Turkish: kurtulmak, defetmek
See also: liquidize, liquidise ,
liquidizer, liquidiser ,
liquefy ,
liquid ,
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Liq"ui*date\ (l[i^]k"w[i^]*d[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Liquidated (-d[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Liquidating .] [LL. liquidatus, p. p. of liquidare to liquidate, fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear. See
Liquid .]
1. (Law) To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.
A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the operation of law. --15 Ga. Rep. 321.
If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I believe you would be brought in considerable debtor. --Chesterfield.
2. In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness). --Abbott.
3. To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness.
Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. --W. Coxe.
4. To make clear and intelligible.
Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of a compound system. --A. Hamilton.
5. To make liquid. [Obs.]
Liquidated damages (Law), damages the amount of which is fixed or ascertained. --Abbott.
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