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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, especially 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.
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Origin:
1565–75; 1920–25 for def. 4; < Late Latin liquidātus, past participle of liquidāre to melt, make clear. See liquid, -ate1
1565–75; 1920–25 for def. 4; < Late Latin liquidātus, past participle of liquidāre to melt, make clear. See liquid, -ate1
Related forms
non·liq·ui·dat·ing, adjective
pre·liq·ui·date, verb (used with object), -dat·ed, -dat·ing.
re·liq·ui·date, verb, -dat·ed, -dat·ing.
un·liq·ui·dat·ed, adjective
un·liq·ui·dat·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. discharge, clear, erase, cancel.
1. discharge, clear, erase, cancel.
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Word Origin & History
liquidate
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
EXPANDfrom Rus. likvidirovat.
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