liquidation
liquidation Lexical Profile
liquidation Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The process of winding up a business or company and distributing its assets to claimants, typically due to insolvency.
"Following several years of declining revenue, the retail chain was forced into compulsory liquidation."
The conversion of assets, securities, or inventory into cash, or the paying off and settling of a financial debt.
"The sudden liquidation of his real estate holdings provided the capital needed for the new venture."
The ruthless elimination, destruction, or killing of a person or group seen as a political rival or threat.
"Historians have extensively documented the regime's systematic liquidation of political dissidents during the 1930s."
• Rhymes for liquidation
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 16th century from Middle French liquidation or Medieval Latin liquidationem, meaning 'the clearing or settling of a debt,' from the Latin verb liquidare ('to melt, make clear, or clarify').