Liquidate

Pronunciation

Origin

From Latin liquidus ("liquid, clear"). The sense "to kill" comes from Russian likviditet.

Full definition of liquidate

Verb

1. (transitive) To settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount.
• W. CoxeFriburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to liquidate a debt of a thousand florins.
2. (transitive) To settle the affairs of (a company), by using its assets to pay its debts.
3. (transitive) To convert (assets) into cash.
4. (transitive) To do away with.
5. (transitive) To kill.
6. (legal, transitive) To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); to make the amount of (a debt) clear and certain.
• 15 Ga. Rep. 821A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the operation of law.
• ChesterfieldIf our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I believe you would be brought in considerably debtor.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear and intelligible.
• A. HamiltonTime only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of a compound system.
8. (obsolete, transitive) To make liquid.

Synonyms

Related terms

• liquefy
• liquid
• liquidation
• liquidator
• liquidity
• liquidizer
• liquify
• liquor

Anagrams

• qualitied