liq·ui·date
verb/ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt/
/ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they liquidate | /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt/ /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt/ |
| he / she / it liquidates | /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪts/ /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪts/ |
| past simple liquidated | /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtɪd/ /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle liquidated | /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtɪd/ /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form liquidating | /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] liquidate (something) to close a business and sell everything it owns in order to pay debts
清算，清盘（停业后将资产出售，偿还债务） - [transitive] liquidate something (finance) to sell something in order to get money
变卖；变现 - to liquidate assets
变卖资产
- to liquidate assets
- [transitive] liquidate something (finance) to pay a debt
偿还，清偿（债务） - They are having to sell off their equipment in order to liquidate their debts.
他们不得不卖掉设备以偿还债务。
- They are having to sell off their equipment in order to liquidate their debts.
- [transitive] liquidate somebody/something (informal) to destroy or remove somebody/something that causes problems; to kill somebody
消灭；摧毁；清除 - The government tried to liquidate the rebel movement and failed.
政府试图肃清反叛运动，结果失败了。
- The government tried to liquidate the rebel movement and failed.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘set out (accounts) clearly’): from medieval Latin liquidat- ‘made clear’, from the verb liquidare, from Latin ‘liquidus’, from liquere ‘be liquid’. Senses (1) to (3) were influenced by Italian liquidare and French liquider, sense (4) by Russian likvidirovat.