liquidate

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin liquidātus (“liquid; clear”, adjective) + English -ate (suffix forming verbs, and forming adjectives with the sense ‘characterized by [the specified things]’). Liquidātus is the perfect passive participle of liquidō (“to turn into a liquid, melt; to make clear”), from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid; clear, transparent”) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs); while liquidus is from liqueō (“to be fluid or liquid; to be clear or transparent”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (“to make wet; moist”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’ forming adjectives). By surface analysis, liquid (adjective) +‎ -ate. Verb sense 1.2.3 (“to kill; to abolish or eliminate”) is a semantic loan from Russian ликвиди́ровать (likvidírovatʹ); while verb sense 1.2.4 and verb sense 2 (business-related senses) were influenced by French liquider and Italian liquidare, all ultimately from Latin liquidus (see above). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɪkwəˌdeɪt/ Hyphenation: li‧quid‧ate === Verb === liquidate (third-person singular simple present liquidates, present participle liquidating, simple past and past participle liquidated) (transitive) (archaic, rare) Synonym of liquefy (“to make (something) into a liquid”); to liquidize. (figurative) To make (a sound) less harsh. To use up (money or other assets) wastefully; to dissipate, to squander, to waste. (informal) 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. (to kill): Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kill (to abolish): Synonyms: stamp out, wipe out; see also Thesaurus:destroy (to abolish): Antonyms: see Thesaurus:create (business, commercial law, finance) To convert (assets) into cash; to encash, to realize, to redeem. To settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount; to pay off. To settle the financial affairs of (a corporation, partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations, by determining liabilities, using assets to pay debts, and apportioning the remaining assets if any; to wind up. (obsolete) To make (something) clear and intelligible. To resolve or settle (differences, disputes, etc.). (chiefly law) To ascertain (an amount of money), especially by agreement or through litigation; also, to set out (financial accounts) properly. (intransitive, business, commercial law, finance) Of a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go into liquidation, to wind up. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === liquidate (not comparable) (law, archaic or obsolete, rare) Of an amount of money: ascertained, determined, fixed. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === liquidation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “liquidate, v.”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “liquidate, v.”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === qualitied == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /li.kwiˈda.te/ Rhymes: -ate Hyphenation: li‧qui‧dà‧te === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== liquidate inflection of liquidare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== liquidate f pl feminine plural of liquidato == Spanish == === Verb === liquidate second-person singular voseo imperative of liquidar combined with te