different between liquidation vs realisation

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

Etymology

From French réalisation, from Middle French, as if realise +? -ation.

Noun

realisation (countable and uncountable, plural realisations)

1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of realization.

Anagrams

• rationalise

Swedish

Etymology

From French réalisation

Noun

realisation c

1. a sale

Declension

Related terms

• rea
• realisera

References

• Realisation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)