liquidate

«liquidate» in Mova's school dictionary: to close it and sell everything it owns to pay its debts — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (liquidate, liquidates, liquidated, liquidating)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal, business) To liquidate a company is to close it and sell everything it owns to pay its debts. tree →

2) (formal) To turn things you own into money by selling them. tree →

3) (formal, euphemism) To kill or get rid of enemies, in stories and history. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in business news and formal writing. It tells the reader something was closed down and sold, or, in crime stories, someone was got rid of. Phrases: «liquidate a company», «liquidate assets».

examples

• The failing company was liquidated. tree →
• They liquidated their savings to buy a house. tree →
• The shop had to liquidate its stock in a closing-down sale. tree →
• In the spy story, the villain ordered the agent to be liquidated. tree →
• Banks may liquidate a business that cannot pay its debts. tree →
• The toy factory was liquidated after losing money. tree →

note

Formal. Noun: liquidation («go into liquidation»). Not the same as «liquefy» (turn into liquid), though both come from «liquid».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «liquidate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.