liquidationn.

Brit.

/ˌlɪkwᵻˈdeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌlɪkwəˈdeɪʃən/

Etymology: noun of action < late Latin liquidāre to liquidate v. Compare French liquidation.

1. Law. The action or process of ascertaining and apportioning the amounts of a debt, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun] > judicial assignment of property > apportioning the amounts of a debt, etc.

liquidationc1575

c1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 41 Liquidation of prices of fermis.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Liquidation, an ascertainment of some dubious or disputable sum; or of the respective pretensions which 2 persons may have to the same liquid or clear sum.

1737 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Liquidation [in trade] the order and method which a trader endeavours to establish in his affairs.

a. The clearing off or settling (of a debt).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [noun]

satisfaction1398

acquittance?a1400

amortizement1439

financec1460

discharge1534

clearing1579

settlement1729

discharging1735

settling1761

liquidation1786

extinguishment1796

amortization1810

service1817

amortizing1840

extinction1845

clearance1858

pay-off1864

admortization1903

1786 R. King Life & Corr. (1894) I. 6 How far a liquidation by the scale will be equitable or just, in your estimation, I cannot say.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 182 The national debt, for the liquidation of which there is the one exhaustless fund.

1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 272 It shall be applied to the liquidation of his debt to the Company.

1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire I. ix. 435 His property was confiscated to the state, in liquidation of the fine.

1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. vi. 127 The liquidation of Debt is a national duty.

b. Chess. The partial clearing of the board, by an exchange of pieces, to obtain an obviously winning position; simplification.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > strategy > specific strategies or tactics

unpinning1607

defence1614

fork1656

attack1733

backgame1750

castling1813

exchange1823

pin1868

fringe-variation1898

fidation1910

sacrifice1915

unpin1922

pawn storm1926

Siesta variation1935

liquidation1965

sac1965

1965 J. F. Love & J. P. Hodgkins Further Chess Ideas xv. 124 Sometimes, too, under pressure of an enemy attack and with good end game prospects if ever one should be reached, wholesale exchanges are most welcome. This is called liquidation.

1965 W. H. Cozens tr. Euwe & Kramer Middle Game II. x. 185 The problem of liquidation is to select the precise moment when pieces, or some particular piece, should be exchanged... Judicious liquidation involves steering a middle course between the one extreme of premature simplification and the other extreme of interminable ‘wood shifting’.

1966 New Statesman 2 Dec. 854/3 True enough, White is a P up, but the Black heavy artillery is well placed. Yet, hey presto: a miraculous ‘liquidation’, and a won ending in a few moves.

a. The action or process of winding up the affairs of a company, etc.; the state or condition of being wound up; esp. in to go into liquidation. Also, the selling of certain assets in order to achieve greater liquidity. (See quot. 1965.)

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > liquidation

liquidation1869

society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > run a business [verb (intransitive)] > go into liquidation

to go into liquidation1869

liquidate1870

society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > liquidation > state of

liquidation1869

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > converting into money or cash

realization1753

convertibility1790

encashment1861

liquidation1909

1869 Echo 23 Mar. The..Company (limited) has passed into voluntary liquidation.

1873 Daily News 22 Sept. 3/2 The notifications..for the liquidation of ecclesiastical property in Rome number more than 60.

1874 C. E. L. Riddell Mortomley's Est. II. viii. 99 If his own brother had gone into liquidation.

1879 Daily News 7 Jan. 5/5 A petition for liquidation in bankruptcy.

1880 Daily News 28 Oct. The vast majority of defaulters have their affairs arranged in liquidation.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 2 Mar. 4/2 As many people..think that the word ‘liquidation’ must necessarily be associated with bankruptcy.., I am asked to state officially that the liquidation of the old company is only one step in the course of reconstruction for the purpose of obtaining fresh capital.

1929 Observer 17 Nov. 4/2 The Rhodesian share market was in a depressed condition, owing to the liquidation taking place on American account.

1939 J. A. Schumpeter Business Cycles I. iv. 149 Abnormal liquidation destroys many things which could and would have survived without it.

1965 McGraw-Hill Dict. Mod. Econ. 299 Liquidation, the process of selling assets, such as inventories or securities in order to achieve a better cash position.

b. [ < liquidate v. 7] The action or process of abolishing or eliminating; the doing away with or killing of unwanted persons.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > eradication or extirpation

excidion1490

excision1490

extirpation1526

extirping1535

eradication1548

outrooting1562

eradicatinga1660

extirpating1670

deracinationc1800

liquidation1925

the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > [noun]

murderingeOE

murderOE

banec1175

morth gamec1275

morth spellc1275

slaughterc1325

murdermenta1400

murderdom1514

massacre1589

remove1592

assassinate1596

assassinment1602

assassination1610

assassinacy1611

assassinaya1641

removal1655

murderation1715

murdrum1767

thugdom1839

aliicide1868

hatchet job1925

liquidation1925

rubout1927

murder one1966

neutralization1971

1925 tr. L. Trotzky's Whither England? vi. 145 History is liquidating liberalism and preparing for the liquidation of pseudo-labor pacifism.

1932 Week-end Rev. 2 Jan. 24/1 The Russians..took starvation almost as a matter of course, just as they..take as a matter of course the liquidation of unfortunate individuals with contra-revolutionary idealogies.

1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches i. ii. 24 There was nothing new in the ‘liquidation’, as it was called, of public figures. For some years past numerous politicians and others had met with this fate, variously branded as ‘Trotskists’ [sic], ‘wreckers’,..and so on.

1952 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 20 Sept. 37/1 Liquidation..was extended..to persons in..the Party... The liquidation occurred during the purges (a revolting combination).

4. The action or fact of partaking of an alcoholic drink. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor

bottle1593

potting1594

cupping1614

bubbing1665

dram-drinking1772

dramminga1790

suction1817

bibation1830

bibbery1831

poculation1837

smiling1858

nipping1880

bibulation1882

liquidation1889

1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 311 As regards liquidation, champagne..is now almost as vin ordinaire.

1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny vii. 106 His desire for liquidation was expressed so heartily that I went with him to a café..where we had some vile vermouth and bitters.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	liquidation
释义	liquidationn. Brit. /ˌlɪkwᵻˈdeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌlɪkwəˈdeɪʃən/ Etymology: noun of action < late Latin liquidāre to liquidate v. Compare French liquidation. 1. Law. The action or process of ascertaining and apportioning the amounts of a debt, etc. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun] > judicial assignment of property > apportioning the amounts of a debt, etc. liquidationc1575 c1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 41 Liquidation of prices of fermis. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Liquidation, an ascertainment of some dubious or disputable sum; or of the respective pretensions which 2 persons may have to the same liquid or clear sum. 1737 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Liquidation [in trade] the order and method which a trader endeavours to establish in his affairs. 2. a. The clearing off or settling (of a debt). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [noun] satisfaction1398 acquittance?a1400 amortizement1439 financec1460 discharge1534 clearing1579 settlement1729 discharging1735 settling1761 liquidation1786 extinguishment1796 amortization1810 service1817 amortizing1840 extinction1845 clearance1858 pay-off1864 admortization1903 1786 R. King Life & Corr. (1894) I. 6 How far a liquidation by the scale will be equitable or just, in your estimation, I cannot say. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 182 The national debt, for the liquidation of which there is the one exhaustless fund. View more context for this quotation 1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 272 It shall be applied to the liquidation of his debt to the Company. 1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire I. ix. 435 His property was confiscated to the state, in liquidation of the fine. 1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. vi. 127 The liquidation of Debt is a national duty. b. Chess. The partial clearing of the board, by an exchange of pieces, to obtain an obviously winning position; simplification. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > strategy > specific strategies or tactics unpinning1607 defence1614 fork1656 attack1733 backgame1750 castling1813 exchange1823 pin1868 fringe-variation1898 fidation1910 sacrifice1915 unpin1922 pawn storm1926 Siesta variation1935 liquidation1965 sac1965 1965 J. F. Love & J. P. Hodgkins Further Chess Ideas xv. 124 Sometimes, too, under pressure of an enemy attack and with good end game prospects if ever one should be reached, wholesale exchanges are most welcome. This is called liquidation. 1965 W. H. Cozens tr. Euwe & Kramer Middle Game II. x. 185 The problem of liquidation is to select the precise moment when pieces, or some particular piece, should be exchanged... Judicious liquidation involves steering a middle course between the one extreme of premature simplification and the other extreme of interminable ‘wood shifting’. 1966 New Statesman 2 Dec. 854/3 True enough, White is a P up, but the Black heavy artillery is well placed. Yet, hey presto: a miraculous ‘liquidation’, and a won ending in a few moves. 3. a. The action or process of winding up the affairs of a company, etc.; the state or condition of being wound up; esp. in to go into liquidation. Also, the selling of certain assets in order to achieve greater liquidity. (See quot. 1965.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > liquidation liquidation1869 society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > run a business [verb (intransitive)] > go into liquidation to go into liquidation1869 liquidate1870 society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > liquidation > state of liquidation1869 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > converting into money or cash realization1753 convertibility1790 encashment1861 liquidation1909 1869 Echo 23 Mar. The..Company (limited) has passed into voluntary liquidation. 1873 Daily News 22 Sept. 3/2 The notifications..for the liquidation of ecclesiastical property in Rome number more than 60. 1874 C. E. L. Riddell Mortomley's Est. II. viii. 99 If his own brother had gone into liquidation. 1879 Daily News 7 Jan. 5/5 A petition for liquidation in bankruptcy. 1880 Daily News 28 Oct. The vast majority of defaulters have their affairs arranged in liquidation. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 2 Mar. 4/2 As many people..think that the word ‘liquidation’ must necessarily be associated with bankruptcy.., I am asked to state officially that the liquidation of the old company is only one step in the course of reconstruction for the purpose of obtaining fresh capital. 1929 Observer 17 Nov. 4/2 The Rhodesian share market was in a depressed condition, owing to the liquidation taking place on American account. 1939 J. A. Schumpeter Business Cycles I. iv. 149 Abnormal liquidation destroys many things which could and would have survived without it. 1965 McGraw-Hill Dict. Mod. Econ. 299 Liquidation, the process of selling assets, such as inventories or securities in order to achieve a better cash position. b. [ < liquidate v. 7] The action or process of abolishing or eliminating; the doing away with or killing of unwanted persons. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > eradication or extirpation excidion1490 excision1490 extirpation1526 extirping1535 eradication1548 outrooting1562 eradicatinga1660 extirpating1670 deracinationc1800 liquidation1925 the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > [noun] murderingeOE murderOE banec1175 morth gamec1275 morth spellc1275 slaughterc1325 murdermenta1400 murderdom1514 massacre1589 remove1592 assassinate1596 assassinment1602 assassination1610 assassinacy1611 assassinaya1641 removal1655 murderation1715 murdrum1767 thugdom1839 aliicide1868 hatchet job1925 liquidation1925 rubout1927 murder one1966 neutralization1971 1925 tr. L. Trotzky's Whither England? vi. 145 History is liquidating liberalism and preparing for the liquidation of pseudo-labor pacifism. 1932 Week-end Rev. 2 Jan. 24/1 The Russians..took starvation almost as a matter of course, just as they..take as a matter of course the liquidation of unfortunate individuals with contra-revolutionary idealogies. 1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches i. ii. 24 There was nothing new in the ‘liquidation’, as it was called, of public figures. For some years past numerous politicians and others had met with this fate, variously branded as ‘Trotskists’ [sic], ‘wreckers’,..and so on. 1952 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 20 Sept. 37/1 Liquidation..was extended..to persons in..the Party... The liquidation occurred during the purges (a revolting combination). 4. The action or fact of partaking of an alcoholic drink. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor bottle1593 potting1594 cupping1614 bubbing1665 dram-drinking1772 dramminga1790 suction1817 bibation1830 bibbery1831 poculation1837 smiling1858 nipping1880 bibulation1882 liquidation1889 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 311 As regards liquidation, champagne..is now almost as vin ordinaire. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny vii. 106 His desire for liquidation was expressed so heartily that I went with him to a café..where we had some vile vermouth and bitters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1575
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