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liquidation
/ˌlɪkwɪˈdeɪʃən/ noun [C or U]Definition
› LAW, FINANCE a situation in which a company stops operating and sells all its assets in order to pay its debts: go into liquidation After three years of heavy losses the company went into liquidation with debts totalling £100 million.put sth into liquidation They were forced to put the company into liquidation in June.
› ACCOUNTING, FINANCE a situation in which an asset is sold in order to get cash: Analysts generally regard the liquidation of shares by corporate insiders as bad news.
→ See also compulsory liquidation, forced liquidation, involuntary liquidation, voluntary liquidation(Definition of liquidation noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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