See Also: Liquidate(money)
Liquidate(finance)
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liquidate (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of liquidare 'to melt', from Latin liquidus; LIQUID2]
[I and T] to close a business or company and sell the things that belong to it, in order to pay its debts
[T] technical to pay a debt
::The stock was sold to liquidate the loan.
[T] informal to kill someone or destroy something that is causing a problem