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[ lik-wi-dey-shuhn ] / ˌlɪk wɪˈdeɪ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR liquidation ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe process of realizing upon assets and of discharging liabilities in concluding the affairs of a business, estate, etc. the process of converting securities or commodities into cash. the state of being liquidated: an estate in liquidation. Origin of liquidationFirst recorded in 1565–75; liquidate + -ion OTHER WORDS FROM liquidationnon·liq·ui·da·tion, nounpre·liq·ui·da·tion, nounre·liq·ui·da·tion, nounWords nearby liquidationliquid, liquid air, liquidambar, liquid asset, liquidate, liquidation, liquidator, liquid compass, liquid crystal, liquid-crystal display, liquid ecstasy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for liquidation“Liquidation” is a threat Memorial has heard before, and in the most sinister possible context. The Kremlin’s Plan to Erase Russia’s Memory and Its Conscience|Anna Nemtsova|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST The liquidation closed all Hostess plants and bakeries and 15,000 employees were laid off immediately. Want Your Twinkies Rush Earlier? Head to Wal-Mart|CNBC|July 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST The liquidation seems to have launched a similar frenzy regarding Twinkies. Could Bankruptcy Rescue the Twinkie?|Megan McArdle|November 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST Hostess said it would have to file for liquidation if the bakers went on strike. Hostess Goes Under|Megan McArdle|November 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But for a company on the verge of liquidation, this is good news. U.S. Car Sales Rose Strongly in August|Daniel Gross|September 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST Foreigners were made liable to certain taxes, and the Law of Liquidation was modified. The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885|Charles Royle In the event of liquidation of the company, treasury stock would off-set the liability on account of capital stock. Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 4|Various First, its own stock, then a great variety of stocks were taken; and when the bank went into liquidation, its own stock was gone! Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2)|Thomas Hart Benton Gikúut ang impurmir sa mga girilyista, The guerrillas tapped the informer for liquidation. A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff They declined, however, receiving any share of the cigars in payment, insisting on liquidation in gold alone. Captain Canot|Brantz Mayer
British Dictionary definitions for liquidation
noun- the process of terminating the affairs of a business firm, etc, by realizing its assets to discharge its liabilities
- the state of a business firm, etc, having its affairs so terminated (esp in the phrase to go into liquidation)
destruction; elimination Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to liquidationeradication, removal, expulsion, withdrawal, clearance, destruction, elimination, extinction, slaughter, cut, rejection, exclusion, ejection, displacement, extermination, purge, omission, discard, riddance, ruination Cultural definitions for liquidation
The conversion of the assets of a firm into cash, often just before the firm goes out of business. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |