[
UK
/lˈɪkwɪdˌeɪt/
]
[ US /ˈɫɪkwɪˌdeɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɪkwɪˌdeɪt/ ]
VERB
-
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
the double agent was neutralized
The mafia liquidated the informer -
settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off
liquidate a company -
convert into cash
I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband - eliminate by paying off (debts)
How To Use liquidate In A Sentence
- Some of you may be surprised to see Mr. Jerrold here in person-in as much as our notice card intimated that he had been "liquidated" - which process we have come to understand in recent years is somewhat of an ordeal. The Present Condition of England
- My private belief was that Combret had done it: one problem at least that he had been able to liquidate with his own hands. MOONDROP TO MURDER
- In the standard form the contractor must pay to or allow the employer the liquidated damages.
- Indeed, Fleet was eager to liquidate the preferred shares, because they legally precluded it from integrating those newly acquired assets.
- Most of the unliquidated obligations result from transactions booked during the war years. State of the Union Address (1790-2001)
- If the point is reached where the financial returns are no longer attractive, your business will liquidate as your investors and lenders put their money elsewhere.
- They have decided to liquidate the corporation by the end of the next month.
- Yes, there are a number of uncertainties — Will contingent obligations (like guaranty claims, or liabilities on asserted but as yet unliquidated lawsuit claims) become due? The Volokh Conspiracy » Greek Bailout and Liquidity Risk
- If sales growth is lower than inventory growth, inventories are liquidated to once again restore proportionality.
- The ASBL believes the real purpose of the CSPTP is to allow large contractors to avoid paying liquidated damages for non-compliance with their small business subcontracting goals, as required under subpart 11.5 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR. Lloyd Chapman: Pentagon to Review 21-Year-Old Test Program