liquidation

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˌlɪkwɪˈdeɪʃən/ UK /ˌlɪkwɪˈdeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the winding up of a company by selling assets to pay debts

The bankrupt firm went into liquidation last spring.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the winding up of a company... dissolutionwinding-upclosure settlement realization insolvency

Opposites

incorporation establishment

Word family

Related forms liquidateliquidator liquid

Etymology

From liquidate (from Medieval Latin liquidāre 'to make clear, settle a debt', from Latin liquidus 'clear, liquid') + -ation, ultimately from Latin liquēre ('to be fluid').

liquidāre Latin liquēre Latin

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# liquidation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌlɪkwɪˈdeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌlɪkwɪˈdeɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. the winding up of a company by selling assets to pay debts

## Examples
- The bankrupt firm went into liquidation last spring.

## Synonyms
- dissolution
- winding-up
- closure
- settlement
- realization
- insolvency

## Antonyms
- incorporation
- establishment

## Related Forms
- liquidate
- liquidator
- liquid

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: liquidāre
- Root: liquēre

## Etymology
From liquidate (from Medieval Latin liquidāre 'to make clear, settle a debt', from Latin liquidus 'clear, liquid') + -ation, ultimately from Latin liquēre ('to be fluid').

## AI Etymology
Liquidation comes from liquidate (from Medieval Latin liquidāre 'to make clear, settle a debt', from Latin liquidus 'clear, liquid') + -ation, ultimately from Latin liquēre ('to be fluid'). The etymological trail includes Latin liquidāre, Latin liquēre. The same word family includes liquidate, liquidator, liquid. Its current noun use means "the winding up of a company by selling assets to pay debts".

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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