liquidate

verb

liq·ui·date ˈli-kwə-ˌdāt How to pronounce liquidate (audio)

liquidated; liquidating

transitive verb

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

: to settle (a debt) by payment or other settlement

liquidate a loan

archaic : to make clear

: to do away with especially by killing

was hired to liquidate a certain businessman

: to convert (assets) into cash

liquidated his securities

intransitive verb

: to liquidate debts, damages, or accounts

: to determine liabilities (see liability sense 2) and apportion assets toward discharging indebtedness

liquidation

ˌli-kwə-ˈdā-shən How to pronounce liquidate (audio)

noun

Example Sentences

The owners were ordered to liquidate the company and pay their creditors. The company is liquidating its assets. The owners were ordered to liquidate. The film is about a professional killer who's hired to liquidate a powerful businessman.

Recent Examples on the Web ArcLight Cinemas last year declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy in order to liquidate its holdings.

Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 If 65 percent of the company’s shareholders don’t approve the extension by Thursday, the company could be forced to liquidate, a potentially devastating blow that would leave Truth Social with nothing.

Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 Her former businesses are now under control of a receiver appointed to liquidate the companies’ assets and recover funds for the scheme’s investors.

Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2022 The Justice Ministry seeks to liquidate the country’s branch of the Jewish Agency for Israel, according to a notice from Moscow’s Basmanny district court, where the case will be heard on July 28.

Leila Sackur, NBC News, 24 July 2022 Russian authorities have asked a Moscow court to liquidate a prominent group handling the emigration of Jews to Israel in a move likely to raise tensions with Tel Aviv.

Bloomberg.com, 21 July 2022 Three Arrows Capital has been ordered to liquidate by a British Virgin Islands court.

Declan Harty, Fortune, 30 June 2022 If George fails to deposit more bitcoin to maintain the 50% LTV or pay down the loan, the exchange can liquidate the BTC at the market price to limit their losses.

Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes, 28 June 2022 If the user failed to keep their assets above that threshold, FTX would auto-liquidate other on-exchange assets to bring the user’s account back into compliance with its rule.

Freddy Brewster, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 See More

Legal Definition

liquidate

verb

liq·ui·date ˈli-kwə-ˌdāt How to pronounce liquidate (audio)

liquidated; liquidating

transitive verb

: to determine by agreement or litigation the precise amount of

also : to settle (a debt) by payment or other adjustment

: to determine the liabilities and apportion the assets of especially in bankruptcy or dissolution

liquidate a corporation

compare bankruptcy

: to convert (as assets) into cash

liquidate an estate

intransitive verb

: to liquidate something (as a corporation)

liquidated 1 of 2

adjective

as in repaid

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

repaid
cleared
settled
prepaid
paid (off or up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

owed
payable
unpaid
outstanding
owing
due
overdue
unsettled
mature

liquidated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of liquidate

as in eradicated

to destroy all traces of a decisive act that liquidated all doubts and fears about his governing abilities

Synonyms & Similar Words

eradicated
erased
destroyed
abolished
exterminated
obliterated
annihilated
demolished
expunged
canceled
extirpated
cancelled
wiped out
dismantled
blotted out
effaced
killed
decimated
shattered
blacked out
dissolved
discarded
rubbed out
ruined
razed
ravaged
consumed
devastated
swept (away)
flattened
wrecked
stamped (out)
dynamited
terminated
totaled
snuffed (out)
rooted (out)
smashed
wasted
expelled
pulverized
ejected
jettisoned
cleaned (up)
fragmented
finished
devoured
totalled
splintered
doomed
excised
tore down
ousted
dashed
atomized
powdered
killed off
ditched
blasted
zapped
blew up
cut
mowed (down)
threw out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

preserved
protected
saved
created
constructed
built
formed
manufactured
restored
made
conserved
repaired
forged
fixed
fabricated
rebuilt
framed
shaped
reconstructed
fashioned
renewed
renovated
reconditioned
patched
mended
revamped

as in assassinated

to put to death deliberately his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents

Synonyms & Similar Words

assassinated
murdered
executed
neutralized
killed
destroyed
terminated
dispatched
slaughtered
snuffed
got
whacked
rubbed out
bumped off
offed
croaked
put away
slew
knocked off
iced
took out
claimed
eliminated
did in
massacred
annihilated
eradicated
exterminated
blotted out
shot
shot down
butchered
blew away
cut down
zapped
felled
did away with
carried off
wiped out
smote
mowed (down)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

restored
revived
raised
resurrected
resuscitated
animated

as in paid

to give what is owed for used our lottery winnings to liquidate our debts

Synonyms & Similar Words

paid
settled
met
balanced
discharged
recompensed
stood
paid off
paid up
cleared
footed
quitted
quit
sprung (for)
ponied up
sprang (for)
anted (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

repudiated

单词	liquidated
释义	liquidate verb liq·ui·date ˈli-kwə-ˌdāt liquidated; liquidating transitive verb 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 archaic : to make clear 3 : to do away with especially by killing was hired to liquidate a certain businessman 4 : to convert (assets) into cash liquidated his securities intransitive verb 1 : to liquidate debts, damages, or accounts 2 : to determine liabilities (see liability sense 2) and apportion assets toward discharging indebtedness liquidation ˌli-kwə-ˈdā-shən noun Synonyms abolish annihilate black out blot out cancel clean (up) efface eradicate erase expunge exterminate extirpate obliterate root (out) rub out snuff (out) stamp (out) sweep (away) wipe out See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences The owners were ordered to liquidate the company and pay their creditors. The company is liquidating its assets. The owners were ordered to liquidate. The film is about a professional killer who's hired to liquidate a powerful businessman. Recent Examples on the Web ArcLight Cinemas last year declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy in order to liquidate its holdings. Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 If 65 percent of the company’s shareholders don’t approve the extension by Thursday, the company could be forced to liquidate, a potentially devastating blow that would leave Truth Social with nothing. Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 Her former businesses are now under control of a receiver appointed to liquidate the companies’ assets and recover funds for the scheme’s investors. Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2022 The Justice Ministry seeks to liquidate the country’s branch of the Jewish Agency for Israel, according to a notice from Moscow’s Basmanny district court, where the case will be heard on July 28. Leila Sackur, NBC News, 24 July 2022 Russian authorities have asked a Moscow court to liquidate a prominent group handling the emigration of Jews to Israel in a move likely to raise tensions with Tel Aviv. Bloomberg.com, 21 July 2022 Three Arrows Capital has been ordered to liquidate by a British Virgin Islands court. Declan Harty, Fortune, 30 June 2022 If George fails to deposit more bitcoin to maintain the 50% LTV or pay down the loan, the exchange can liquidate the BTC at the market price to limit their losses. Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes, 28 June 2022 If the user failed to keep their assets above that threshold, FTX would auto-liquidate other on-exchange assets to bring the user’s account back into compliance with its rule. Freddy Brewster, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Late Latin liquidatus, past participle of liquidare to melt, from Latin liquidus First Known Use circa 1575, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1) Legal Definition liquidate verb liq·ui·date ˈli-kwə-ˌdāt liquidated; liquidating transitive verb 1 : to determine by agreement or litigation the precise amount of also : to settle (a debt) by payment or other adjustment 2 a : to determine the liabilities and apportion the assets of especially in bankruptcy or dissolution liquidate a corporation compare bankruptcy b : to convert (as assets) into cash liquidate an estate intransitive verb : to liquidate something (as a corporation) liquidated 1 of 2 adjective as in repaid Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance repaid cleared settled prepaid paid (off or up) Antonyms & Near Antonyms owed payable unpaid outstanding owing due overdue unsettled mature See More liquidated 2 of 2 verb past tense of liquidate 1 as in eradicated to destroy all traces of a decisive act that liquidated all doubts and fears about his governing abilities Synonyms & Similar Words eradicated erased destroyed abolished exterminated obliterated annihilated demolished expunged canceled extirpated cancelled wiped out dismantled blotted out effaced killed decimated shattered blacked out dissolved discarded rubbed out ruined razed ravaged consumed devastated swept (away) flattened wrecked stamped (out) dynamited terminated totaled snuffed (out) rooted (out) smashed wasted expelled pulverized ejected jettisoned cleaned (up) fragmented finished devoured totalled splintered doomed excised tore down ousted dashed atomized powdered killed off ditched blasted zapped blew up cut mowed (down) threw out Antonyms & Near Antonyms preserved protected saved created constructed built formed manufactured restored made conserved repaired forged fixed fabricated rebuilt framed shaped reconstructed fashioned renewed renovated reconditioned patched mended revamped See More 2 as in assassinated to put to death deliberately his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents Synonyms & Similar Words assassinated murdered executed neutralized killed destroyed terminated dispatched slaughtered snuffed got whacked rubbed out bumped off offed croaked put away slew knocked off iced took out claimed eliminated did in massacred annihilated eradicated exterminated blotted out shot shot down butchered blew away cut down zapped felled did away with carried off wiped out smote mowed (down) Antonyms & Near Antonyms restored revived raised resurrected resuscitated animated 3 as in paid to give what is owed for used our lottery winnings to liquidate our debts Synonyms & Similar Words paid settled met balanced discharged recompensed stood paid off paid up cleared footed quitted quit sprung (for) ponied up sprang (for) anted (up) Antonyms & Near Antonyms repudiated
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