different between liquidation vs liquidizer

English

Etymology

liquidate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?kw??de???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

liquidation (countable and uncountable, plural liquidations)

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.

3. (euphemistic) Murder of dehumanized victims by a regime (and possibly its allies).

Related terms

• liquid
• liquidate
• liquidator
• liquidity
• liquidizer
• liquor

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ki.da.sj??/

Noun

liquidation f (plural liquidations)

1. sale, liquidation (sale of goods at reduced prices)
2. liquidation

Further reading

• “liquidation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• liquidiser

Etymology

liquidize +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

liquidizer (plural liquidizers)

1. (Australia, India, Britain) A machine to chop or puree food; a blender.
   • 1976, Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, volume 3, issues 1-3, page 154:

     […] tissue was disrupted using a Moulinex liquidizer and 0-5% bovine serum albumin was added to the isolating and resuspending media.

   • 2013, Rosamunde Pilcher, Flowers In the Rain & Other Stories ?ISBN:

     She bought herself a second-hand Mini and in no time at all was busy as a bee, driving herself around London with pots and pans, cooking knives and liquidizers all piled up on the back seat.

   • 2013, Leah Leneman, The Tofu Cookbook: Over 150 quick and easy recipes ?ISBN

     Place a cupful of the soaked beans in a liquidizer, add a cupful of cold water and blend.

Usage notes

• In Australia and India, the term may be uncommon, technical or dated.
• The term is found in some technical and trade publications in the US; it may be dated.

Quotations

• 2000, Eric Morris, Corregidor: The American Alamo of World War II ?ISBN, page 145:

  By now Erickson, like so many of the pilots, was flying without oxygen. The liquidizers and compressor plant had been early casualties of war at Nichols Field. Instead they flew on a mixture of quinine and atropine.

Synonyms

• blender (US)
• vitamiser, vitamizer (Australia)

Related terms

• liquid
• liquidate
• liquidation
• liquidator
• liquidity
• liquor

Translations

See also

• food processor
• mixer