Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Liquidate

Liq′ui-date

(lĭk′wĭ-dāt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Liquidated
(-dāˊtĕd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Liquidating
.]
[LL.
liquidatus
, p. p. of
liquidare
to liquidate, fr. L.
liquidus
liquid, clear. See
Liquid
.]
1.
(Law)
To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.
A debt or demand is
liquidated
whenever the amount due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the operation of law.
15 Ga. Rep. 321.
If our epistolary accounts were fairly
liquidated
, I believe you would be brought in considerable debtor.
Chesterfield.
2.
In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness).
Abbott.
3.
To discharge; to pay off or settle, as an indebtedness.
Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to
liquidate
a debt of a thousand florins.
W. Coxe.
4.
To make clear and intelligible.
Time only can
liquidate
the meaning of all parts of a compound system.
A. Hamilton.
5.
To make liquid.
[Obs.]
Liquidated damages
(Law)
,
damages the amount of which is fixed or ascertained.
Abbott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Liquidate

LIQ'UIDATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. liquido.]
1.
To clear from all obscurity.
Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of a compound system.
2.
To settle; to adjust; to ascertain or reduce to precision in amount.
Which method of liquidating the amercement to a precise sum, was usually performed in the superior courts.
The clerk of the commons' house of assembly in 1774, gave certificates to the public creditors that their demands were liquidated, and should be provided for in the next tax bill.
The domestic debt may be subdivided into liquidated and unliquidated.
3.
To pay; to settle, adjust and satisfy; as a debt.
Kyburgh was ceded to Zuric by Sigismond, to liquidate a debt of a thousand florins.

Definition 2024


liquidate

liquidate

English

Verb

liquidate (third-person singular simple present liquidates, present participle liquidating, simple past and past participle liquidated)

  1. (transitive) To settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount.
    • W. Coxe
      Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to liquidate a debt of a thousand florins.
  2. (transitive) To settle the affairs of (a company), by using its assets to pay its debts.
  3. (transitive) To convert (assets) into cash.
  4. (transitive) To do away with.
  5. (transitive) To kill.
  6. (law, transitive) To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); to make the amount of (a debt) clear and certain.
    • 15 Ga. Rep. 821
      A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the operation of law.
    • Chesterfield
      If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I believe you would be brought in considerably debtor.
  7. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear and intelligible.
    • A. Hamilton
      Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of a compound system.
  8. (obsolete, transitive) To make liquid.

Synonyms

  • (to settle the affairs): conclude
  • (to kill): Wikisaurus:kill

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams


Italian

Verb

liquidate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of liquidare
  2. second-person plural imperative of liquidare
  3. feminine plural of liquidato