different between liquidate vs liquefy
liquidate
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?kw?de?t/, /?l?kw?de?t/
Etymology
From Medieval Latin liquidatus (“liquid, clear”), past participle of liquidare. The sense “to kill, do away with” is a semantic loan from Russian ?????????????? (likvidírovat?), ultimately from Latin liquidus.
Verb
liquidate (third-person singular simple present liquidates, present participle liquidating, simple past and past participle liquidated)
- (transitive) To settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount.
- 1779, William Coxe, Sketches of the Natural, Political and Civil State of Switzerland
- Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to liquidate a debt of a thousand florins.
- 1779, William Coxe, Sketches of the Natural, Political and Civil State of Switzerland
- (transitive) To settle the affairs of (a company), by using its assets to pay its debts.
- (transitive) To convert (assets) into cash; to redeem.
- (law, transitive) To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); to make the amount of (a debt) clear and certain.
- 1851,Hargroves v. Cooke, 15th Georgia Reports 321
- A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the operation of law.
- February 27, 1759, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, letter to his son (letter CXXVIII)
- If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I believe you would be brought in considerably debtor.
- 1851,Hargroves v. Cooke, 15th Georgia Reports 321
- (transitive) To do away with.
- (transitive) To kill.
- (obsolete, transitive) To make clear and intelligible.
- 1788, Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist No. LXXXII
- Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of a compound system.
- 1788, Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist No. LXXXII
- (obsolete, transitive) To make liquid.
Synonyms
- (to settle the affairs): conclude
- (to kill): Thesaurus:kill
Derived terms
- liquidation
- liquidator
Related terms
- liquefy
- liquid
- liquidity
- liquidizer
- liquify
- liquor
Translations
Anagrams
- qualitied
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.kwi?da.te/
Verb
liquidate
- second-person plural present indicative of liquidare
- second-person plural imperative of liquidare
- feminine plural of liquidato
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liquefy
English
Alternative forms
- liquify
Etymology
From Middle English liquefien, from Anglo-Norman liquefier, from Latin liquefacere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?kw?fa?/
Verb
liquefy (third-person singular simple present liquefies, present participle liquefying, simple past and past participle liquefied)
- (transitive) To make into a liquid.
- (intransitive) To become liquid.
- (image manipulation, especially Adobe Photoshop, transitive) To distort and warp an image.
Synonyms
- (to make liquid): liquidize, melt, liquidate (obsolete)
Antonyms
- (to make liquid): condense, freeze, solidify
Coordinate terms
- (to make liquid): vaporize
Translations
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