liquidation

liquidation

English

Etymology

liquidate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌlɪkwəˈdeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

liquidation (countable and uncountable, plural liquidations)

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. (euphemistic) Murder of dehumanized victims by a regime (and possibly its allies).

Related terms

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

Translations

process of converting into cash

Finnish: likvidointi (fi) Greek: εκκαθάριση (el) f (ekkathárisi) Japanese: 流動化 (ryūdōka) Polish: spieniężenie n, likwidacja (pl) f

selling a business’s assets

Arabic: تَصْفِية‎ f (taṣfiya) Bulgarian: ликвидация (bg) f (likvidacija) Dutch: vereffening (nl) f, liquidatie (nl) f French: liquidation (fr) f German: Abwicklung (de) f, Liquidation (de) f Indonesian: likuidasi (id) Italian: liquidazione (it) f Norwegian: likvidasjon Polish: likwidacja (pl) f Russian: ликвида́ция (ru) f (likvidácija) Spanish: liquidación (es) f Swedish: likvidation (sv) c Ukrainian: ліквіда́ція f (likvidácija)

murder of dehumanized victims

Ukrainian: ліквіда́ція f (likvidácija)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ki.da.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

liquidation f (plural liquidations)

1. sale, liquidation (sale of goods at reduced prices)
2. liquidation

Further reading

• “liquidation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.