liquidation
Pronunciation: /ˌlɪkwəˈdeɪʃən/
The English word “liquidation” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
- The action or process of winding up the affairs of a company, etc.; the selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
- The clearing off or settling of a debt.
- The action or process of abolishing or eliminating; the murder of dehumanized victims.
- The partial clearing of the board, by an exchange of pieces, to obtain an obviously winning position.
- The action or fact of partaking of an alcoholic drink.
Etymology
From liquidate + -ion (suffix forming nouns denoting an action or process). Liquidate is a learned borrowing from Late Latin liquidātus, the perfect passive participle of liquidō (“to turn into a liquid, melt; to make clear”), from Classical Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid; clear, transparent”) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). * Alternatively, a borrowing from Middle French…
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More English words
- liquidatable
- liquidate
- liquidated
- liquidated damages
- liquidational
- liquidationism
- liquidationist
- liquidator
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