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liquidation
English
Etymology
liquidate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?kw??de???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
liquidation (countable and uncountable, plural liquidations)
- The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
- The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
- (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)
- sale, liquidation (sale of goods at reduced prices)
- liquidation
Further reading
- “liquidation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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liquor
English
Alternative forms
- liquour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English licour, from Anglo-Norman licour, from Latin liquor (“fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid”), from liquere (“to be fluid or liquid”); see liquid. Doublet of liqueur.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l?k.?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?l?k.?/
- Homophone: licker
- Rhymes: -?k?(?)
Noun
liquor (countable and uncountable, plural liquors)
- (obsolete) A liquid, a fluid.
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia:
- Thus Water also, or any other Liquor, included in a convenient vessel, by being warmed, manifestly expands it self with a very great violence […]
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia:
- (obsolete) A drinkable liquid.
- A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
- (Britain, cooking) A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
- (chiefly US) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.
- In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.
- A liquid in which something has been steeped.
Synonyms
- (strong alcoholic drink): spirits (British and Australasian English)
- (liquid obtained by cooking food): stock, pot liquor (American English), broth, bouillon
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
liquor (third-person singular simple present liquors, present participle liquoring, simple past and past participle liquored)
- (intransitive) To drink liquor, usually to excess.
- (transitive) To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
- (obsolete, transitive) To grease.
- cart-wheels squeak not when they are liquored
Derived terms
- liquored up
References
- liquor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- liquor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Etymology 1
From lique? (“I am liquid, fluid”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?li.k?or/, [?l?k??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?li.kwor/, [?li?kw?r]
Noun
liquor m (genitive liqu?ris); third declension
- fluidity, liquidity
- a liquid, fluid
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
Descendants
- Russian: ????? (likjór)
- Spanish: licor m
- Italian: liquore
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?li?.k?or/, [?li?k??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?li.kwor/, [?li?kw?r]
Verb
l?quor (present infinitive l?qu?); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stem
- (intransitive) to be fluid or liquid
- (intransitive) to flow
- (intransitive) to melt, dissolve
Conjugation
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?li.k?or/, [?l?k??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?li.kwor/, [?li?kw?r]
Verb
liquor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of liqu?
References
- l?quor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- l?quor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- liquor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- liquor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- liquor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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