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Meaning of 'liquidate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Liquidate [ v. t.]
- 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.
- In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of , and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness).
- To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness.
- To make clear and intelligible.
- To make liquid.

Meaning of 'liquidate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . liquidate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- convert into cash
Example in sentence:
  • I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband
Meaning (2):
- settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off
Example in sentence:
  • liquidate a company
Meaning (3):
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
Example in sentence:
  • the double agent was neutralized;
  • The mafia liquidated the informer

Nearby Words:

liquable liquate liquation liquefacient liquefaction liquefiable liquefied liquefier liquefy liquefying

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