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- pronunciation:
- lI
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
liquidates, liquidating, liquidated |
| definition 1: |
to pay off or settle (a debt or the like).
With the sale of their business, they had enough money to liquidate their debts.- synonyms:
- discharge, pay off, redeem, satisfy, settle
- similar words:
- amortize, fulfill, lay to rest, repay, square
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| definition 2: |
to terminate (a business) by selling all assets and distributing the proceeds to shareholders.
The owners were ready to retire, and they decided to liquidate their business.- synonyms:
- shut down
- similar words:
- close, dissolve, sell, terminate, wind up
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| definition 3: |
to put an end to or get rid of, esp. by killing.
The dictator liquidated those he believed to be his enemies.- synonyms:
- end, remove
- similar words:
- abolish, assassinate, demolish, eliminate, eradicate, execute, kill, murder, obliterate, purge
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| definition 4: |
to convert to cash, or establish a cash value for.
He liquidated his mutual fund in order to lend his son the money for a house.- synonyms:
- cash, redeem
- similar words:
- convert
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| related words: |
annihilate, destroy, exterminate, massacre, pay, push |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to begin or carry out the procedure of liquidating a business, or of converting assets to cash.
- synonyms:
- sell out, shut down
- similar words:
- close
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