liquidator
liquidator Lexical Profile
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• noun
A person or official appointed to wind up the affairs of a company or firm by selling off its assets to pay its creditors and obligations.
"The court appointed an independent liquidator to oversee the sale of the bankrupt retailer's remaining inventory."
One who eliminates, destroys, or kills, especially as a political assassin or operative.
"Historical archives revealed the secret instructions given to the regime's political liquidators."
A civil or military worker tasked with decontaminating and containing the site of a major disaster, especially the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident.
"Thousands of emergency liquidators worked in shifts to clear radioactive debris from the reactor roof."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the mid-19th century as an agent noun from the verb 'liquidate', which derives from Late Latin 'liquidare' (to melt or clarify), from Latin 'liquidus' (fluid, clear). In legal and financial usage, the sense evolved from making accounts clear and settled to converting assets into cash.