Liquidate
verb
To sell off a business or its assets to pay off debts.
The company was forced to liquidate its assets to pay its creditors.
Often appears as...
- liquidate assets
- liquidate a company
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Formal
Technical
verb
To convert assets into cash or cash equivalents.
The man decided to liquidate his stock portfolio because he needed cash.
Often appears as...
- liquidate investments
- liquidate portfolio
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Formal
Technical
verb
To eliminate or kill, especially in large numbers.
The dictatorship liquidated thousands of political dissidents.
Often appears as...
- liquidate enemies
- liquidate opposition
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
verb
To sell off a business or its assets to pay off debts.
The company was forced to liquidate its assets to pay its creditors.
Often appears as...
- liquidate assets
- liquidate a company
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To convert assets into cash or cash equivalents.
The man decided to liquidate his stock portfolio because he needed cash.
Often appears as...
- liquidate investments
- liquidate portfolio
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To eliminate or kill, especially in large numbers.
The dictatorship liquidated thousands of political dissidents.
Often appears as...
- liquidate enemies
- liquidate opposition
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Financial Distress
Used when a company cannot meet financial obligations and must sell assets.
After the lawsuit, they had to liquidate to survive.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Closure
'Liquidate' often implies selling assets before closing a company, but can also occur while still operating.
The business chose to liquidate surplus inventory while continuing sales.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Implication
The process may be overseen by courts or legal professionals to ensure fairness.
The court appointed a manager to liquidate the company's assets.
Pro Tip 1/3Financial Distress
Used when a company cannot meet financial obligations and must sell assets.
After the lawsuit, they had to liquidate to survive.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Closure
'Liquidate' often implies selling assets before closing a company, but can also occur while still operating.
The business chose to liquidate surplus inventory while continuing sales.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Implication
The process may be overseen by courts or legal professionals to ensure fairness.
The court appointed a manager to liquidate the company's assets.
Pro Tip 1/3Financial Distress
Used when a company cannot meet financial obligations and must sell assets.
After the lawsuit, they had to liquidate to survive.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Closure
'Liquidate' often implies selling assets before closing a company, but can also occur while still operating.
The business chose to liquidate surplus inventory while continuing sales.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Implication
The process may be overseen by courts or legal professionals to ensure fairness.
The court appointed a manager to liquidate the company's assets.
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Video examples
James Rhee: The value of...
I made a choice, I resigned as chairman of the board and I agreed to serve as a first-time CEO of this broken company. But I agreed to do it just for six months. I just wanted to avert a nasty liquidation. And then I wanted to come home and get on with my life.
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How I fell in love with...
that's been the motivation it's been the justification it's been the business plan of American agriculture we should call it what it is a business in liquidation a business that's quickly eroding ecological capital that makes
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The Problem with Super...
stores still remained i call it the world's slowest liquidation sale because it's taken 20 plus years to liquidate what went wrong here i think you already know sears was turning itself into a company of super chickens
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James Rhee: The value of...
I made a choice, I resigned as chairman of the board and I agreed to serve as a first-time CEO of this broken company. But I agreed to do it just for six months. I just wanted to avert a nasty liquidation. And then I wanted to come home and get on with my life.
Video examples
How I fell in love with...
that's been the motivation it's been the justification it's been the business plan of American agriculture we should call it what it is a business in liquidation a business that's quickly eroding ecological capital that makes
Video examples
The Problem with Super...
stores still remained i call it the world's slowest liquidation sale because it's taken 20 plus years to liquidate what went wrong here i think you already know sears was turning itself into a company of super chickens
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Sloane Crosley
American Writer
There's an 'Everything must go!' emotional liquidation feel to the end of your twenties, isn't there? What will happen if we turn thirty and we're not 'ready?' You don't feel entirely settled in any aspect of your life, even if you are on paper.
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Ric Keller
American Politician
The death tax causes one-third of all family-owned small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner. It is also an unfair tax because the assets have already been taxed once at their income level.
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Helen Dunmore
British Poet
It is a violation which has obsessed the tyrants of the twentieth century. They do not want simply to kill their opponents, but to liquidate them, to deny that they have ever existed.
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Henry Paulson
American Public Servant
No bank should be too big or too complex to fail, but almost any bank is too big to liquidate quickly, particularly in the midst of a crisis.
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Sterling Hayden
For us to support the liquidation of a simple life in a large part of the world is not a particularly attractive prospect.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence... on pain of liquidation.
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Barry Ritholtz
American Author
Any investment bought via credit always runs the risk of margin calls and, eventually, liquidation.
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Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew.
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Kim Jong Il
North Korean Leader
The liquidation of colonialism is a trend of the times which no force can hold back.
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Michael Caputo
American Public Servant
To pay the bills, I've liquidated my children's college fund.
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Sloane Crosley
American Writer
There's an 'Everything must go!' emotional liquidation feel to the end of your twenties, isn't there? What will happen if we turn thirty and we're not 'ready?' You don't feel entirely settled in any aspect of your life, even if you are on paper.
Quote examples
Ric Keller
American Politician
The death tax causes one-third of all family-owned small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner. It is also an unfair tax because the assets have already been taxed once at their income level.
Quote examples
Helen Dunmore
British Poet
It is a violation which has obsessed the tyrants of the twentieth century. They do not want simply to kill their opponents, but to liquidate them, to deny that they have ever existed.
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Henry Paulson
American Public Servant
No bank should be too big or too complex to fail, but almost any bank is too big to liquidate quickly, particularly in the midst of a crisis.
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Sterling Hayden
For us to support the liquidation of a simple life in a large part of the world is not a particularly attractive prospect.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence... on pain of liquidation.
Quote examples
Barry Ritholtz
American Author
Any investment bought via credit always runs the risk of margin calls and, eventually, liquidation.
Quote examples
Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew.
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Kim Jong Il
North Korean Leader
The liquidation of colonialism is a trend of the times which no force can hold back.
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Michael Caputo
American Public Servant
To pay the bills, I've liquidated my children's college fund.
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