Meaning

noun termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

noun the act of exterminating

noun the murder of a competitor

originEtymology tree English liquidate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English liquidation From liquidate + -ion.

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