Definition of Liquidate

to pay off debts using assets

Examples of Liquidate in a sentence

The judge ordered the business owner to liquidate in order to pay his liabilities.  🔊

If the company decides to liquidate to settle its debts, its stock value will fall because of the ensuing decrease in assets.  🔊

The studio must liquidate many of its assets to discharge obligations associated with its recent box office bomb.  🔊

Because the creditors want payment on months’ old debts, they are pressuring the car manufacturer to liquidate.  🔊

After the lottery winner wasted his entire fortune, he had to liquidate some of his belongings to settle his bills.  🔊

Other words in the Money and Business category:

Most Searched Words (with Video)