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liquidate

to convert assets into cash, especially to settle debts or close a business

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Six example sentences with liquidate, each labelled with its topic.

  • The fund had to liquidate its holdings in a single afternoon, and the selling pushed prices down further.

    Finance

  • Rather than borrow again, the owners chose to liquidate, auctioning the ovens and the delivery vans in March.

    Business

  • When many households liquidate at once, prices fall faster than the underlying trouble would warrant.

    Economics

  • The court ordered the trustee to liquidate the estate, selling the house and furniture before paying any creditor.

    Law

  • With the runway gone, the founders chose to liquidate, selling their desks and servers to repay the last lender.

    Startups

  • Before the server reset, players scrambled to liquidate their in-game inventories for gold they could carry over.

    Gaming

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