liquidate
21liquidate — verb 1 (I, T) to close a business or company in order to pay its debts 2 (T) technical to pay a debt: The stock will be sold to liquidate the loan. 3 (T) informal to kill someone …
22liquidate damages — See damages, liquid, penalty clauses. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …
23liquidate — verb a) To settle a debt by paying the outstanding amount. b) To settle the affairs of a company, by using its assets to pay its debts. See Also: liquefy, liquid, liquidation, liquidator, liquidity …
24liquidate — Synonyms and related words: abstract, amortize, annihilate, assassinate, bereave of life, break, bump off, bust, carry away, carry off, cash, cash in, cashier, cast off, cast out, chloroform, chuck, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear… …
25liquidate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. pay, settle, wind up; slang, kill. See payment, killing. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To pay] Syn. settle, repay, reimburse; see pay 1 . 2. [To change into money] Syn. sell, convert, change; see cash ,… …
26liquidate — liq·ui·date || lɪkwɪdeɪt v. pay off a debt; determine and discharge the financial obligations of a business in preparation for closure; be liquidated; convert into cash; convert to a liquid; destroy; kill; put an end to …
27liquidate — to kill other than by process of law Originally, to clear away, whence the implication for ruthless efficiency: The silent liquidation of many friends in the Soviet Union without a single bleat of protest from the freedom loving west …
28liquidate — verb 1》 wind up the affairs of (a company) by ascertaining liabilities and apportioning assets. ↘convert (assets) into cash. ↘pay off (a debt). 2》 informal eliminate; kill. Derivatives liquidation noun liquidator noun Origin C16 (in the… …
29liquidate — v. a. Settle, adjust, pay, extinguish, pay off, clear off …
30liquidate — verb 1) the company was liquidated Syn: close down, wind up, put into liquidation, dissolve, disband 2) he liquidated his share portfolio Syn: convert to cash, convert, cash in, sell off, sell up 3) …
