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liquidation
has definitions from the fields of law,criminal law,business
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[ noun ] (business) termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
Synonyms Used in print (Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)In 1927 his father 's business collapsed , and , rather_than go bankrupt , Mercer senior turned his firm over to a bank for liquidation . Some years later the bank handling the Mercer liquidation received a check for $ 300000 , enough to clear_up the debt . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of exterminating
Synonyms Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)In each of the last , the trial marked the beginning of a new course : in Moscow the liquidation of the Old Bolsheviks and the tightening of Stalin 's dictatorship ; in the United_States the initiation of militant anti Communism , with the repentant ex Communist in the vanguard . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) the murder of a competitor
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