What does Liquidate mean?

Definitions for Liquidate
ˈlɪk wɪˌdeɪtliq·ui·date

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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"

  2. liquidate, pay offverb

    eliminate by paying off (debts)

  3. liquidateverb

    convert into cash

    "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"

  4. liquidateverb

    settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off

    "liquidate a company"

GCIDE

  1. Liquidateverb

    To convert (assets) into cash.

  2. Liquidateverb

    To kill; -- used mostly of governments or organizations killing their enemies; as, Stalin liquidated many of the Kulaks.

  3. Liquidateverb

    To dissolve (an organization); to terminate (an activity).

Wiktionary

  1. liquidateverb

    To settle a debt by paying the outstanding amount.

  2. liquidateverb

    To settle the affairs of a company, by using its assets to pay its debts.

  3. liquidateverb

    To convert assets into cash.

  4. liquidateverb

    To do away with.

  5. liquidateverb

    to kill someone (after Russian likviditet)

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Liquidateverb

    To clear away; to lessen debts.

    Etymology: from liquid.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. 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

  2. Liquidateverb

    in an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of , and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness)

  3. Liquidateverb

    to discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness

  4. Liquidateverb

    to make clear and intelligible

  5. Liquidateverb

    to make liquid

  6. Etymology: [LL. liquidatus, p. p. of liquidare to liquidate, fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear. See Liquid.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Liquidate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Liquidate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Liquidate in a Sentence

  1. Stephen Briggs:

    I can't confirm it (Glencore selling metal stocks) ... but it is much easier to liquidate LME (refined) metals than concentrates.

  2. Ariel Sharon:

    In Lebanon there was an agreement not to liquidate Yasser Arafat. I'm sorry that we didn't liquidate him.

  3. Bryan Springmeyer:

    (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.

  4. 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.

  5. John Kennedy:

    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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