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liquidation

noun
/ˌlɪkwəˈdeɪʃən/

Etymology

From liquidate + -ion.

  1. derived from liquidus
  2. derived from *wleykʷ-✻ — “to make wet; moist”
  3. derived from liquidus — “fluid, liquid; clear, transparent”
  4. learned borrowing from liquidātus — “liquid; clear”
  5. suffixed as liquidation — “liquidate + ion”

Definitions

  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. The murder of dehumanized victims.

    • Near-synonyms: devitalization, fatality; see also Thesaurus:death, Thesaurus:killing

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Derived

liquidationism, liquidationist, nonliquidation, preliquidation, reliquidation

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA