LIQUIDATE
\lˈɪkwɪdˌe͡ɪt], \lˈɪkwɪdˌeɪt], \l_ˈɪ_k_w_ɪ_d_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of LIQUIDATE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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eliminate by paying off; as of debts
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convert into cash; "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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convert into cash; "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"
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get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
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eliminate by paying off (debts)
By Princeton University
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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.
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In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of , and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness).
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To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness.
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To make clear and intelligible.
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To make liquid.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of , and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness).
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To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness.
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To make clear and intelligible.
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To make liquid.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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