liquidation

Meanings

Plural: liquidations

Noun

• termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
• the act of exterminating
• the murder of a competitor
• The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
• The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
• Murder of dehumanized victims.

Synonyms

elimination, extermination, settlement

Related Words

liquid, liquidate, liquidator, liquidity, liquidizer, liquor