Liquidate \Liq"ui*date\ (l[i^]k"w[i^]*d[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Liquidated (-d[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Liquidating.] [LL. liquidatus, p. p. of liquidare to
liquidate, fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear. See Liquid.]
1. (Law) To determine by agreement or by litigation the
precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an
indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the
precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount
of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.
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A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount
due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the
operation of law. --15 Ga. Rep.
321.
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If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I
believe you would be brought in considerable debtor.
--Chesterfield.
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2. In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the
several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge
of (an indebtedness). --Abbott.
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3. To discharge; to pay off or settle, as an indebtedness.
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Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to
liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. --W. Coxe.
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4. To make clear and intelligible.
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Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of
a compound system. --A. Hamilton.
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5. To make liquid. [Obs.]
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6. To convert (assets) into cash.
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7. To kill; -- used mostly of governments or organizations
killing their enemies; as, Stalin liquidated many of the
Kulaks.
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8. To dissolve (an organization); to terminate (an activity).
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Liquidated damages (Law), damages the amount of which is
fixed or ascertained. --Abbott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
liquidate
v 1: get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The
mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was
neutralized" [syn: neutralize, neutralise, waste,
knock off, do in]
2: eliminate by paying off (debts) [syn: pay off]
3: convert into cash; "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay
off my ex-husband"
4: settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying
the assets to pay them off; "liquidate a company"
WordNet (r) 2.0
150 Moby Thesaurus words for "liquidate":
abstract, amortize, annihilate, assassinate, bereave of life,
break, bump off, bust, carry away, carry off, cash, cash in,
cashier, cast off, cast out, chloroform, chuck, clear, clear away,
clear off, clear out, clear the decks, clear the trade, close out,
convert, convert into cash, cool, cut down, cut off, cut out,
deconsecrate, defrock, deport, depose, deprive of life, deracinate,
destroy, dethrone, disbar, discharge, discrown, disenthrone,
dismiss, dispatch, dispel, displace, dispose of, do away with,
do for, do in, do to death, drum out, dump, dust off, eject, elide,
eliminate, end, eradicate, excommunicate, execute, exile,
expatriate, expel, exterminate, extirpate, finish, finish off,
fling off, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, give the gate,
honor, immolate, kick upstairs, kill, knock off,
launch into eternity, lift, lynch, make accounts square,
make away with, martyr, martyrize, murder, oust, outlaw, overthrow,
pay, pay in full, pay off, pay the bill, pay the shot, pay up,
pension, pension off, pick out, poison, purge, put away, put down,
put to death, put to sleep, quit, read out of, redeem, remove,
remove from life, remove from office, retire, root out, root up,
sacrifice, satisfy, sell, sell out, sell short, settle, shake off,
shoo, slay, square, square accounts, starve, strike a balance,
strike off, strike out, strip of office, strip of rank,
superannuate, suspend, sweep away, take life, take off, take up,
terminate the account, throw away, throw off, throw over,
throw overboard, unchurch, unfrock, unload, unsaddle, unseat,
unthrone, uproot, weed out, wipe out
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
do in, knock off, neutralise, neutralize, pay off, waste
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