liquidation
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Etymology edit
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liquidation (countable and uncountable, plural liquidations)
- The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
- 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.
- (euphemistic) Murder of dehumanized victims.
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Translations edit
process of converting into cash
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selling a business’s assets
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murder of dehumanized victims
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
liquidation f (plural liquidations)
- sale, liquidation (sale of goods at reduced prices)
- liquidation
Further reading edit
- “liquidation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.