liquidation
the process of realizing upon assets and of discharging liabilities in concluding the affairs of a business, estate, etc.
the process of converting securities or commodities into cash.
the state of being liquidated: an estate in liquidation.
Origin of liquidation
1Other words from liquidation
- non·liq·ui·da·tion, noun
- pre·liq·ui·da·tion, noun
- re·liq·ui·da·tion, noun
Words Nearby liquidation
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How to use liquidation in a sentence
He’s been in the liquidation business since 1990, buying trailers full of unsold goods from importers or manufacturers and reselling them to discount retailers.
Adrian Lopez, owner of Big Savings Tool & liquidation, five doors down from Young’s, concluded that the attack was racially motivated.
A nationwide horror: Witnesses, police paint a picture of a murderous rampage that took 8 lives | Tim Craig, Mark Berman, Hannah Knowles, Marc Fisher | March 18, 2021 | Washington PostThe company said it will hold liquidation sales at all of its stores, as well as on its website, as it tries to clear out leftover inventory.
Pandemic bankruptcies: A running list of retailers that have filed for Chapter 11 | Abha Bhattarai | December 4, 2020 | Washington PostHe also notes the economic benefits of salvaging businesses that would otherwise face liquidation, saying Simon was helping save 4,000 jobs at Brooks Brothers.
America’s Largest Shopping Mall Owner Gets a New Tenant: Itself | Daniel Malloy | August 20, 2020 | Ozy“liquidation” is a threat Memorial has heard before, and in the most sinister possible context.
The Kremlin’s Plan to Erase Russia’s Memory and Its Conscience | Anna Nemtsova | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The liquidation closed all Hostess plants and bakeries and 15,000 employees were laid off immediately.
The liquidation seems to have launched a similar frenzy regarding Twinkies.
Hostess said it would have to file for liquidation if the bakers went on strike.
But for a company on the verge of liquidation, this is good news.
If they are destroyed by fire, the mortgagor cannot claim to have the insurance applied in liquidation of the mortgage debt.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesYou promise social liquidation, the revision of property and of public fortune and their better division.
The War Upon Religion | Rev. Francis A. CunninghamOne of the most shameful features in the French Government's war on the Church was the affair of liquidation.
The War Upon Religion | Rev. Francis A. CunninghamWhile M. Combes would cast the blame on the liquidators, M. Briand fixed it on the method of liquidation.
The War Upon Religion | Rev. Francis A. CunninghamThe balance shall be reckoned toward liquidation of the amounts due for reparation.
British Dictionary definitions for liquidation
/ (ˌlɪkwɪˈdeɪʃən) /
the process of terminating the affairs of a business firm, etc, by realizing its assets to discharge its liabilities
the state of a business firm, etc, having its affairs so terminated (esp in the phrase to go into liquidation)
destruction; elimination
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Cultural definitions for liquidation
The conversion of the assets of a firm into cash, often just before the firm goes out of business.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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