liquidate
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt/
The English word “liquidate” has 12 meanings listed here.
verb
- Synonym of liquefy (“to make (something) into a liquid”); to liquidize.
- To make (a sound) less harsh.
- To use up (money or other assets) wastefully; to dissipate, to squander, to waste.
- To kill (someone), usually violently, and especially for some ideological or political aim; to assassinate, to murder; also, to abolish or eliminate (something); to do away with, to put an end to.
- To convert (assets) into cash; to encash, to realize, to redeem.
- To settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount; to pay off.
- To settle the financial affairs of (a corporation, partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations, by determining liabilities, using assets to pay debts, and apportioning the remaining assets if any; to wind up.
- To make (something) clear and intelligible.
- To resolve or settle (differences, disputes, etc.).
- To ascertain (an amount of money), especially by agreement or through litigation; also, to set out (financial accounts) properly.
- Of a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go into liquidation, to wind up.
adjective
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin liquidātus (“liquid; clear”, adjective) + English -ate (suffix forming verbs, and forming adjectives with the sense ‘characterized by [the specified things]’). Liquidātus is the perfect passive participle of liquidō (“to turn into a liquid, melt; to make clear”), from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid; clear, transparent”) + -ō (suffix forming regular…
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