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Liquidation

/ˌlɪkwəˈdeɪʃən/

The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.

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📖 Definitions of "Liquidation"

noun

1
The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
2
The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
"The store is having a liquidation sale: everything must go as they go out of business."
3
Murder of dehumanized victims by a regime (and possibly its allies).

🔄 Synonyms of "Liquidation"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
settlementnoun	A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
eliminationnoun	The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.
exterminationnoun	The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Liquidation"

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Word	Definition
settlementnoun	A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
eliminationnoun	The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.
exterminationnoun	The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.
winding-upnoun	The situation where a company is wound up (goes into liquidation), or when a partnership is dissolved.
divestmentnoun	(finance) The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.
bankruptcynoun	(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
write-offnoun	(accounting) The cancellation of an item; the amount cancelled or lost.
sell-offnoun	The large-scale selling of goods or financial assets (e.g., real estate, equipment, stocks, bonds, subsidiaries).
insolvencynoun	(finance) The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay their debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business.
liquiditynoun	(economics, countable) An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash.
selloffnoun	Alternative spelling of sell-off. [The large-scale selling of goods or financial assets (e.g., real estate, equipment, stocks, bonds, subsidiaries).]
salenoun	An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
paymentnoun	(countable) An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it.
receivershipnoun	(law) The state of being under the control of a receiver.
profit-takingnoun	Alternative form of profit taking. [(finance) The act of extracting profit, as cash or equivalent, from an investment, often by selling part of it.]
regulationnoun	(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
awardnoun	A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
settlenoun	(archaic) A seat of any kind.
adjustmentnoun	The action of adjusting something
settlingnoun	The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.