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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LIQ'UIDATE, v.t. [L. liquido.]
1. To clear from all obscurity.
Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of a compound system.
2. To settle; to adjust; to ascertain or reduce to precision in amount.
Which method of liquidating the amercement to a precise sum, was usually performed in the superior courts.
The clerk of the commons' house of assembly in 1774, gave certificates to the public creditors that their demands were liquidated, and should be provided for in the next tax bill.
The domestic debt may be subdivided into liquidated and unliquidated.
3. To pay; to settle, adjust and satisfy; as a debt.
Kyburgh was ceded to Zuric by Sigismond, to liquidate a debt of a thousand florins.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" [syn: neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in]
2: eliminate by paying off (debts) [syn: liquidate, pay off]
3: convert into cash; "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"
4: settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off; "liquidate a company"

Merriam Webster's

verb (-dated; -dating) Etymology: Late Latin liquidatus, past participle of liquidare to melt, from Latin liquidus Date: circa 1575 transitive verb 1. a. (1) to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) (2) to determine the liabilities and apportion assets toward discharging the indebtedness of b. to settle (a debt) by payment or other settlement 2. archaic to make clear 3. to do away with 4. to convert (assets) into cash intransitive verb 1. to liquidate debts, damages, or accounts 2. to determine liabilities and apportion assets toward discharging indebtedness • liquidation noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 a tr. wind up the affairs of (a company or firm) by ascertaining liabilities and apportioning assets. b intr. (of a company) be liquidated. 2 tr. clear or pay off (a debt). 3 tr. put an end to or get rid of (esp. by violent means). Etymology: med.L liquidare make clear (as LIQUID)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Liquidate Liq"ui*date (l[i^]k"w[i^]*d[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liquidated (-d[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Liquidating.] [LL. liquidatus, p. p. of liquidare to liquidate, fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear. See Liquid.] 1. (Law) To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount of (an indebtedness) clear and certain. A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the operation of law. --15 Ga. Rep. 321. If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I believe you would be brought in considerable debtor. --Chesterfield. 2. In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness). --Abbott. 3. To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness. Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. --W. Coxe. 4. To make clear and intelligible. Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of a compound system. --A. Hamilton. 5. To make liquid. [Obs.] Liquidated damages (Law), damages the amount of which is fixed or ascertained. --Abbott.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(liquidates, liquidating, liquidated) 1. To liquidate a company is to close it down and sell all its assets, usually because it is in debt. (BUSINESS) A unanimous vote was taken to liquidate the company. VERB: V n • liquidation (liquidations) The company went into liquidation... The number of company liquidations rose 11 per cent. N-VAR 2. If a company liquidates its assets, its property such as buildings or machinery is sold in order to get money. (BUSINESS) The company closed down operations and began liquidating its assets in January. VERB: V n 3. If someone in a position of power liquidates people who are causing problems, they get rid of them, usually by killing them. They have not hesitated in the past to liquidate their rivals. = eliminate VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Settle, adjust, pay, extinguish, pay off, clear off.

Moby Thesaurus

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