liquidate

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Verb

liquidate (third-person singular simple present liquidates, present participle liquidating, simple past and past participle liquidated)

1. To settle a debt by paying the outstanding amount.
2. To settle the affairs of a company, by using its assets to pay its debts.
3. To convert assets into cash.
4. To do away with.
5. to kill someone (after Russian likviditet)

Synonyms

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Related terms

• liquefy
• liquid
• liquidation
• liquidator
• liquidity
• liquidizer
• liquify
• liquor

Translations

to settle a debt

French: liquider (fr) German: liquidieren (de)

Greek: εκκαθαρίζω (el) (ekkatharízo) Slovene: poravnati (sl)

to settle the affairs

French: liquider (fr) German: liquidieren (de)

Greek: εκκαθαρίζω (el) (ekkatharízo) Slovene: likvidirati (sl)

to convert assets into cash

Finnish: likvidoida (fi) French: liquider (fr) German: liquidieren (de)

Greek: εκκαθαρίζω (el) (ekkatharízo) Slovene: likvidirati (sl)

to kill someone

Finnish: likvidoida (fi) French: liquider (fr) German: liquidieren (de) Greek: καθαρίζω (el) (katharízo)

Japanese: 抹殺する Slovene: likvidirati (sl) Swedish: likvidera (sv)

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Italian

Verb

liquidate

1. second-person plural present indicative of liquidare
2. second-person plural imperative of liquidare
3. Feminine plural of liquidato