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Liquidator definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LIQ'UIDATOR, n. He or that which liquidates or settles.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) [syn: murderer, liquidator, manslayer]
2: (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties [syn: liquidator, receiver]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1828 one that liquidates; especially an individual appointed by law to liquidate assets

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a person called in to wind up the affairs of a company etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Liquidator Liq"ui*da`tor (l[i^]k"w[i^]*d[=a]`t[~e]r), n. [Cf. F. liquidateur.] 1. One who, or that which, liquidates. 2. An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(liquidators) A liquidator is a person who is responsible for settling the affairs of a company that is being liquidated. (BUSINESS) N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

accountant, auditor, bookkeeper, bursar, cashier, cashkeeper, chamberlain, compensator, comptroller, controller, curator, defrayer, depositary, depository, financial officer, payer, paymaster, purse bearer, purser, ratepayer, receiver, recompenser, remunerator, steward, taxpayer, treasurer, trustee