liquidation

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌlɪkwəˈdeɪʃən/

Noun

liquidation

1. The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
2. The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.

   The store is having a liquidation sale: everything must go as they go out of business.

3. A euphemism for murder invented by Nazi Germany to dehumanize the victims of that regime.

Related terms

• liquid
• liquidate
• liquidator
• liquidity
• liquidizer
• liquor

Translations

• French: liquidation
• German: Abwicklung, Liquidation
• Italian: liquidazione
• Russian: ликвида́ция
• Spanish: liquidación

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