What does Liquidate mean?
Definitions for Liquidate
ˈlɪk wɪˌdeɪtliq·ui·date
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Liquidate.
Princeton's WordNet
neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do inverb
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
"The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
liquidate, pay offverb
eliminate by paying off (debts)
liquidateverb
convert into cash
"I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"
liquidateverb
settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off
"liquidate a company"
GCIDE
Liquidateverb
To convert (assets) into cash.
Liquidateverb
To kill; -- used mostly of governments or organizations killing their enemies; as, Stalin liquidated many of the Kulaks.
Liquidateverb
To dissolve (an organization); to terminate (an activity).
Wiktionary
liquidateverb
To settle a debt by paying the outstanding amount.
liquidateverb
To settle the affairs of a company, by using its assets to pay its debts.
liquidateverb
To convert assets into cash.
liquidateverb
To do away with.
liquidateverb
to kill someone (after Russian likviditet)
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Liquidateverb
To clear away; to lessen debts.
Etymology: from liquid.
ChatGPT
liquidate
Liquidate generally refers to the process of converting assets into cash or cash equivalents, often to pay off debts. It can also mean the act of dissolving a business or a business unit, selling off its assets, and settling its liabilities. Additionally, in a broader context, it could mean to put an end to or destroy something, such as eliminating a threat or adversary.
Webster Dictionary
Liquidateverb
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
Liquidateverb
in an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of , and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness)
Liquidateverb
to discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness
Liquidateverb
to make clear and intelligible
Liquidateverb
to make liquid
Etymology: [LL. liquidatus, p. p. of liquidare to liquidate, fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear. See Liquid.]
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Anagrams for Liquidate »
qualitied
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Liquidate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Liquidate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of Liquidate in a Sentence
I can't confirm it (Glencore selling metal stocks) ... but it is much easier to liquidate LME (refined) metals than concentrates.
In Lebanon there was an agreement not to liquidate Yasser Arafat. I'm sorry that we didn't liquidate him.
(It) seems crazy to borrow that much to pay taxes, so I have to assume he’d need to liquidate a substantial amount of the shares purchased from the option exercise to pay taxes.
Chief Financial Officer Karen Hoguet:
We will need to liquidate this inventory in the fourth quarter so that we can maintain the flow of fresh new merchandise.
It does n’t seem likely that someone would want to cut it up and sell it as it would lose too much value. To steal something that John Kennedy ca n’t liquidate is silly.
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- liquidarCatalan, Valencian
- liquidierenGerman
- καθαρίζω, εκκαθαρίζωGreek
- maksaa pois, likvidoida, realisoidaFinnish
- liquiderFrench
- 決着, 抹殺, 消す, 清算Japanese
- liquidarPortuguese
- выплачивать, выплатить, уладить, ликвидировать, урегулировать, улаживатьRussian
- likvidirati, poravnatiSlovene
- likvideraSwedish
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