liquidator (redirected from Liquidators)

liq·ui·date  (lkw-dt)

v. liq·ui·dat·ed, liq·ui·dat·ing, liq·ui·dates

v.tr.

1.

a. To pay off (a debt, a claim, or an obligation); settle.

b. To settle the affairs of (a business firm, for example) by determining the liabilities and applying the assets to their discharge.

2. To convert (assets) into cash.

3. To put an end to; abolish.

4. To put to death; kill.

v.intr.

1. To settle a debt, a claim, or an obligation.

2. To settle the affairs of a business or an estate by disposing of its assets and liabilities. See Synonyms at eliminate.

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[Late Latin liquidre, liquidt-, to melt, from Latin liquidus, liquid; see liquid.]

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liqui·dation n.

liqui·dator n.

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liquidator [ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪtə]

n

(Business / Professions) (Business / Commerce) a person assigned to supervise the liquidation of a business concern and whose legal authorization, rights, and duties differ according to whether the liquidation is compulsory or voluntary

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	liquidator - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) manslayer, murderer assassin, assassinator, bravo - a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors" butcher - a brutal indiscriminate murderer criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime cutthroat - someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat fratricide - a person who murders their brother or sister gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, torpedo, triggerman, gun, shooter - a professional killer who uses a gun hatchet man, iceman - a professional killer infanticide - a person who murders an infant killer, slayer - someone who causes the death of a person or animal mass murderer - a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident murderess - a woman murderer parricide - someone who kills his or her parent ripper - a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife; "Jack the Ripper was probably a madman" serial killer, serial murderer - someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval
	2.	liquidator - (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties receiver law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" fiduciary - a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary; "it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain"

Translations

liquidator [ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtəʳ] N → liquidador(a) m/f

liquidator [ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtə^r] n → liquidateur m
liquid crystal n → cristal/aux m liquide
liquid crystal display n → affichage m à cristaux liquides

liquidator

n → Liquidator m, → Abwickler m

liquidator [ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪtəʳ] n (Fin) → liquidatore m

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liquidator [ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪtəʳ] n (Fin) → liquidatore m