liquidation
pronunciation
How to pronounce liquidation in British English: UK [ˌlɪkwɪˈdeɪʃn]
How to pronounce liquidation in American English: US [ˌlɪkwɪˈdeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
- the act of exterminating
- the murder of a competitor
Word Origin
- liquidation (n.)
- 1570s, noun of action from Late Latin liquidare (see liquidate); originally as a legal term in reference to assets; of inconvenient groups of persons, 1925 in communist writings.
Example
- 1. The company is still in the liquidation process .
- 2. Foreign assets also face the threat of liquidation .
- 3. Today , lehman 's liquidation could be ordered .
- 4. That has given the system an unfortunate bias towards liquidation , he fears .
- 5. But what will you do 30 days from now when chrysler goes into liquidation ?