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- Dictionaryliquidate/ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt/
verb
- 1. wind up the affairs of (a business) by ascertaining liabilities and apportioning assets: "if the company was liquidated, there would be enough funds released to honour the debts" Similar
- 2. kill (someone), typically by violent means: informal "rivals and critics were liquidated in bloody purges"
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The meaning of LIQUIDATE is to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts). How to use liquidate in a sentence.
LIQUIDATE definition: 1. to cause a business to close, so that its assets can be sold to pay its debts 2. to kill someone…. Learn more.
verb. to settle or pay off (a debt, claim, etc) to determine by litigation or agreement the amount of (damages, indebtedness, etc) to terminate the operations of (a commercial firm, bankrupt estate, etc) by assessment of liabilities and appropriation of assets for their settlement.
To liquidate a company is to close it down and sell all its assets, usually because it is in debt.
LIQUIDATE meaning: 1. to cause a business to close, so that its assets can be sold to pay its debts 2. to kill someone…. Learn more.
To liquidate is to convert stocks or goods into cash by selling them, to finish business neatly, and to clear debts. If you liquidate your old baseball card collection, you will have money to put in your college fund.
[transitive] liquidate something (finance) to sell something in order to get money. to liquidate assets. [transitive] liquidate something (finance) to pay a debt. They are having to sell off their equipment in order to liquidate their debts.
Definitions of 'liquidate' 1. To liquidate a company is to close it down and sell all its assets, usually because it is in debt. [business] [...] 2. If a company liquidates its assets, its property such as buildings or machinery is sold in order to get money. [business] [...] 3.
liquidate. (ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪt) vb. 1. (Banking & Finance) a. to settle or pay off (a debt, claim, etc) b. to determine by litigation or agreement the amount of (damages, indebtedness, etc) 2. (Commerce) a. to terminate the operations of (a commercial firm, bankrupt estate, etc) by assessment of liabilities and appropriation of assets for their settlement
liquidate meaning, definition, what is liquidate: to close a business or company and sell ...: Learn more.
