liquidation

English

Etymology

liquidate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌlɪkwəˈdeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

liquidation (countable and uncountable, plural liquidations)

1. The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
2. The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.

   The store is having a liquidation sale: everything must go as they go out of business.

3. A euphemism for murder invented by Nazi Germany to dehumanize the victims of that regime.

Related terms

• liquid
• liquidate
• liquidator
• liquidity
• liquidizer
• liquor

Translations

process of converting into cash

• Finnish: likvidointi (fi)
• Greek: εκκαθάριση (el) f (ekkathárisi)
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• Japanese: 流動化 (ryūdōka)
• Polish: spieniężenie n

selling a business’s assets

• Arabic: تَصْفِية f (taṣfiya)
• Dutch: vereffening (nl) f, liquidatie (nl) f
• French: liquidation (fr) f
• German: Abwicklung (de) f, Liquidation (de) f
• Italian: liquidazione (it) f
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• Norwegian: likvidasjon
• Russian: ликвида́ция (ru) f (likvidácija)
• Spanish: liquidación (es) f
• Swedish: likvidation (sv) c

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ki.da.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

liquidation f (plural liquidations)

1. sale, liquidation (sale of goods at reduced prices)
2. liquidation

Further reading

• “liquidation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.