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Definition of Liquidate

1. Verb. Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing. "They want to liquidate the prisoners "; "The double agent was neutralized"

2. Verb. Eliminate by paying off (debts).

3. Verb. Convert into cash. "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"

4. Verb. Settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off. "Liquidate a company"

Definition of Liquidate

1. 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.

Definition of Liquidate

1. Verb. To settle a debt by paying the outstanding amount. ¹

2. Verb. To settle the affairs of a company, by using its assets to pay its debts. ¹

3. Verb. To convert assets into cash. ¹

4. Verb. To do away with. ¹

5. Verb. to kill someone (after Russian likviditet) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Liquidate

1. [v -DATED, -DATING, -DATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Liquidate

liquid phase liquid pitch liquid rocket liquid rockets liquid scintillation liquid scintillation counter liquid scintillation counters liquid smoke liquid soap liquid unit

liquidambar liquidambars liquidamber liquidambers liquidatable liquidate (current term) liquidated liquidated damages liquidates liquidating

liquidation liquidations liquidator liquidators liquidise liquidised liquidiser liquidises liquidising liquidities

Literary usage of Liquidate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, Council of Safety (Conn.)., James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1877)
"impowered, to examine, liquidate, adjust, settle, and give needful orders for the payment of the several accounts hereafter mentioned, viz: First, ..."

2. The Principles and Forms of Practice in Civil Actions in Courts of Record by Austin Abbott, Carlos Coolidge Alden (1907)
"Offer to liquidate damages. 1311. Notice of acceptance thereof. FORM No. 1310. Offer to liquidate damages.is [Title of court and action. ..."

3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
""Settle" means to adjust, to liquidate, to pay, and, as contained in a referee's report stating that he found that a certain claim had been settled, ..."

4. The Practice at Law, in Equity, and in Special Proceedings: In All the by William Wait (1873)
"OFFER TO liquidate DAMAGES. Section 1. In general. In actions arising upon contract, the defendant has a right to make an offer to the plaintiff to ..."

5. The Public Records of the State of Connecticut by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council of Safety (1894)
"Ely's regiment, for medicines &c. supplyed said regiment, amounting to £44 6 11, be referr'd to the Committee of Pay-Table to liquidate, adjust and draw on ..."

6. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"It appears that no application had been made to liquidate this claim. ... Bankruptcy Court Itself May liquidate.—The bankruptcy court may itself undertake ..."

7. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The money was not to be and was not paid over to the defendant to pay to the United States, but to liquidate these two claims, so that they should be no ..."

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