liquidate
verb (used with object)
to settle or pay (a debt).
is liquidating
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present progressiveof liquidate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Real-estate giant Blackstone is liquidating a major investment gone wrong: a $1.8 billion wager on senior housing that has saddled the firm with more than $600 million in losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
To date, he has handed over $650,000, two luxury watches and is liquidating another $100,000, his attorneys said in court Friday.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
Another option is liquidating the remaining merchandise through discount stores like T.J.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2023
She has since announced that she is liquidating her individual stock holdings.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2020
Breeden's fund is separate from money recovered by Irving Picard, the court-appointed trustee who is liquidating the bankrupt Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC.
From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2013
