'Liquidate' definitions:
Definition of 'liquidate'
From: WordNet
verb
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]
verb
Eliminate by paying off (debts) [syn: liquidate, pay off]
verb
Convert into cash; "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"
verb
Settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off; "liquidate a company"
Definition of 'Liquidate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I believe you would be brought in considerable debtor. --Chesterfield. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness). --Abbott. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To discharge; to pay off or settle, as an indebtedness. [1913 Webster]
- Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. --W. Coxe. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To make clear and intelligible. [1913 Webster]
- Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of a compound system. --A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To make liquid. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 6. To convert (assets) into cash. [PJC]
- 7. To kill; -- used mostly of governments or organizations killing their enemies; as, Stalin liquidated many of the Kulaks. [PJC]
- 8. To dissolve (an organization); to terminate (an activity). [PJC]
- Liquidated damages (Law), damages the amount of which is fixed or ascertained. --Abbott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'liquidate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- amortize,
- annihilate,
- assassinate,
- bereave of life,
- break,
- bump off,
- bust,
- carry away,
- carry off,
- cash,
- cash in,
- cashier,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- chloroform,
- chuck,
- clear,
- clear away,
- clear off,
- clear out,
- clear the decks,
- clear the trade,
- close out,
- convert,
- convert into cash,
- cool,
- cut down,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- deconsecrate,
- defrock,
- deport,
- depose,
- deprive of life,
- deracinate,
- destroy,
- dethrone,
- disbar,
- discharge,
- discrown,
- disenthrone,
- dismiss,
- dispatch,
- dispel,
- displace,
- dispose of,
- do away with,
- do for,
- do in,
- do to death,
- drum out,
- dump,
- dust off,
- eject,
- elide,
- eliminate,
- end,
- eradicate,
- excommunicate,
- execute,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expel,
- exterminate,
- extirpate,
- finish,
- finish off,
- fling off,
- get quit of,
- get rid of,
- get shut of,
- give the gate,
- honor,
- immolate,
- kick upstairs,
- kill,
- knock off,
- launch into eternity,
- lift,
- lynch,
- make accounts square,
- make away with,
- martyr,
- martyrize,
- murder,
- oust,
- outlaw,
- overthrow,
- pay,
- pay in full,
- pay off,
- pay the bill,
- pay the shot,
- pay up,
- pension,
- pension off,
- pick out,
- poison,
- purge,
- put away,
- put down,
- put to death,
- put to sleep,
- quit,
- read out of,
- redeem,
- remove,
- remove from life,
- remove from office,
- retire,
- root out,
- root up,
- sacrifice,
- satisfy,
- sell,
- sell out,
- sell short,
- settle,
- shake off,
- shoo,
- slay,
- square,
- square accounts,
- starve,
- strike a balance,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- strip of office,
- strip of rank,
- superannuate,
- suspend,
- sweep away,
- take life,
- take off,
- take up,
- terminate the account,
- throw away,
- throw off,
- throw over,
- throw overboard,
- unchurch,
- unfrock,
- unload,
- unsaddle,
- unseat,
- unthrone,
- uproot,
- weed out,
- wipe out
Words containing 'Liquidate'
- Liquid,
- Liquidated,
- Liquidating,
- Liquidation,
- Liquidator,
- Liquidity,
- Liquidize,
- Liquidized,
- Liquidizing,
- Liquidly,
- Liquidness,
- liquidizer,
- Dutch liquid,
- Liquid air,
- Liquid glass,
- Liquid glue,
- Liquid measure,
- Liquidated damages,
- To go into liquidation,
- dishwashing liquid,
- liquid assets,
- liquid barretter,
- liquid bleach,
- liquid copal,
- liquid crystal,
- liquid detergent,
- liquid diet,
- liquid ecstasy,
- liquid nitrogen,
- liquid oxygen,
- liquid pred,
- liquid soap,
- liquid state,
- liquid storax,
- liquid unit,
- liquidity crisis,
- Cadet's fuming liquid,
- clear liquid diet,
- liquid body substance,
- liquid crystal display,
- liquid metal reactor,
- liquid-fueled,
- principle of liquid displacement,
- united states liquid unit