| 单词 | self-liquidator | 
| 释义 | self-liquidatorn. 1.  U.S. A person who supports projects, esp. public projects, which generate enough revenue to repay the investment made in them. Cf. self-liquidating adj. 1b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > 			[noun]		 > investment > investor > type of pernora1325 rentier1650 fundholder1765 rentière1837 odd-lotter1903 self-liquidator1932 short-termist1987 1932    Sun 		(N.Y.)	 26 May 28/3  				Federal help should not exceed ‘the maximum which can properly be spent on..carefully planned..State and municipal improvements which will be self-liquidating’... The self-liquidators seem to have it. 1939    Washington C.H. 		(Ohio)	 Record-Herald 12 Aug. 4/2  				Isn't there some sort of investment that the government can..get a return from?..The self-liquidators think so... Ultimately [the toll roads will]..have paid for themselves. 1953    Atlanta Jrnl. & Atlanta Constit. 12 July 2 f/4  				Self-liquidators?..Those advocates of spending the public funds on projects that they like to call ‘self-liquidating’.  2.  Marketing (originally U.S.). A promotional item or offer that generates enough revenue to cover its costs; a self-liquidating premium (premium n. 7). Cf. self-liquidating adj. 2. ΚΠ 1944    Premium Practice Mar. 8/2  				Mr. Cahill mentioned the following: (a) self-liquidators [etc.]. 1962    G. Meredith Effective Merchandising with Premiums  ii. iv. 37  				It would be impossible to identify one promotion as the beginning of modern self-liquidator practice. 1970    R. Willsmer in  G. Wills New Ideas in Retail Managem. xii. 170  				Self-liquidating premium offers continue to lead the field... Only eight store-promoted self-liquidators were recorded. 1982    Billboard 20 Mar. 6/1 		(advt.)	  				Your company logo in full color is the dial of a handsome wristwatch... A timely idea for incentive,..self-liquidator, business gift. 2010    Professional Distributor Feb. 24/2  				Since the customer pays for the self-liquidator, it costs you nothing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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