See Also: Liquidate(money)
Liquidate(finance)
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liquidate verb. Pa. pple -ated, (earlier) -ate. M16.
[medieval Latin liquidat- pa. ppl stem of liquidare, from Latin liquidus: see LIQUID, -ATE3. The financial senses are due to Italian liquidare, French liquider, sense 6 after Russian likvidirovat'.]
verb trans. Determine and apportion by agreement or by litigation; reduce to order, set out clearly (accounts). Cf. LIQUIDATE adjective M16-L18.
verb trans.
a. Clear away, resolve (objections). rare. E17-M19.
b. Make clear or plain; render unambiguous; settle. M17-L18.
verb trans. Liquefy, melt; fig. dissipate, waste. rare. M17.
verb trans. Clear off, pay (a debt). E18.
a. verb trans. Ascertain and set out clearly the liabilities of (a company or firm) and arrange the apportioning of the assets; wind up. Also, convert to liquid assets. L19.
b. verb intrans. Go into liquidation. L19.
verb trans. Put an end to or get rid of, esp. by violent means; wipe out; kill. E20.
B. Bettelheim Even before an extermination policy went into effect, the Gestapo had been liquidating unfit persons. L. Deighton Do German communities still exist in Russia? I thought Stalin liquidated them..in the forties.
liquidator noun (a) a person appointed to conduct the winding up of a company; (b) a person who implements a policy of liquidation: M19.