From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[2024]
*** Etymology
[en] [en][1][2] + 吴语: English language [en]. [LL.] is the [perfect] [passive]
[participle] of [LL.], from [en][3] + [la]; while [la] is from [la]
(ultimately from [en]) + [la]. [en].
[en] (“to kill; to abolish or eliminate”) is a [en]; while [en] and [en]
(business-related senses) were influenced by [fr] and [it], all ultimately
from [en] (see above).<ref name="OED"/>
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en]
1. [en] [en] ; to liquidize .
2. * [en]
3. [en]
1. To make (a sound ) less harsh .
2. To use up ( money or other asset s) wastefully ; to dissipate , to squander , to waste .
3. * [page=38]
4. [en] [en] To kill (someone), usually violently , and especially for some ideological or political aim ; to assassinate , to murder ; also, to abolish or eliminate (something); to do away with , to put an end to .
5. * [en]
6. * [year=1947]
7. * [en]
8. * [en]
9. [en] [en]
1. To convert (assets) into cash ; to encash , to realize , to redeem .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. To settle (a debt ) by paying the outstanding amount ; to pay off .
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. To settle the financial affair s of (a corporation , partnership , or other business ) with the aim of ceasing operation s, by determining liabilities , using assets to pay debts, and apportion ing the remaining assets if any; to wind up .
4. [en] To make (something) clear and intelligible .
5. * [volume=I]
6. * [chapter=Of the Four [ Sanctions ] or Sources of Pain and Pleasure]
7. * [number=LXXVIII]
1. To resolve or settle ( differences , disputes , etc.).
2. * [page=93]
3. [en] To ascertain (an amount of money), especially by agreement or through litigation ; also, to set out (financial accounts) properly .
4. * [pages=294–295]
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
2. [en] [en] Of a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go into liquidation , to wind up.
3. * [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en |liquidatable |liquidated<pos:adjective> |liquidated damages
|liquidating<pos:adjective, noun> |liquidator |nonliquidating |preliquidate
|reliquidate |self-liquidating |self-liquidator |unliquidatable |unliquidated
|unliquidating }}
**** Related terms
{{col3|en |illiquid |illiquidity |illiquidly |liquefy,liquify |liquid
|liquidation |liquidity |liquidizer |liquor |nonliquidation |preliquidation
|reliquidation }}
**** Translations
[_synonym of_ liquefy]
[to make (a sound) less harsh]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
- Macedonian: [mk]
[trans-bottom]
[to use up (money or other assets) wastefully]
[to kill (someone), usually violently]<!--Add only terms cognate with
“liquidate”; add other terms to “assassinate”, “kill”, or “murder”-->
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[to abolish or eliminate (something)]
[to convert (assets) into cash]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Russian: [ru] < !--Was " переводить в наличные ": assumed sum-of-parts; if an idiom, remove the wikilinks to the individual words. See User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing -->, [ru] < !--Was " перевести в наличные ": assumed sum-of-parts-->
- Slovene: [sl]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[to settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Russian: [ru] ( задо́лженность ), [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: [sl]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[(_transitive_ ) to settle the financial affairs of (a corporation,
partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations; (
_intransitive_ ) of a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle
financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go into liquidation]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] ( дела́ )
- Slovene: [sl]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
*** Adjective
[-]
1. [en] Of an amount of money : ascertained , determined , fixed .
2. * [en]
**** Translations
[of an amount of money: ascertained, determined, fixed]
*** References
References:
[1]. [pos=adj]
[2]. [pos=v]
[3]. [pos=v] ; [pos=v]
*** Further reading
- [liquidation]
- [pos=v]
- [pos=v]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Italian
*** Pronunciation
[liquidàte]
*** Etymology 1
**** Verb
[it]
1. [it]
*** Etymology 2
**** Participle
[it]
1. [it]
** Spanish
*** Verb
[es]
1. [liquidar]