v. to sell the assets of a business, paying bills and dividing th...

To convert to cash; to sell.

The closing down of a business by selling its assets to pay its debts.

1570s, of accounts, "to reduce to order, to set out clearly" (a sense now obsolete), from Late Latin or Medieval Latin liquidatus, past participle of liquidare "to melt, make liquid, ma [..]

To sell the assets of a business, pay the business's debts, and divide the remainder among shareholders, partners, or other investors.

v. To deliver the amount or value of.

Definitions (3) 1. To convert to cash.

dat·ed -dat·ing vt 1 : to determine by agreement or litigation the precise amount of ;also : to settle (a debt) by payment or other adjustment 2 a : to determine the liabilities and ...

To offset an existing position.

To wind up the affairs of a company by identifying liabilities and selling off assets in order to make payments to creditors.

To sell all of a company's assets, pay outstanding debts, and distribute the remainder to shareholders, and then go out of business.

In investment terms, to sell. In corporate terms, the termination of a company's business operations and sale of the company's property, equipment, and other assets. From the proceeds of suc [..]

to sell an investment or to convert an investment into cash.

Refers to closing an open futures position. For an open long, this would be selling the contract. For a short position, it would be buying the contract back (short covering, or covering his short).

(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. (transitive) To settle the affa [..]