liquidating
Converting to cash
Liquidating is the present participle of liquidate, which means to settle accounts or convert assets to cash.
A business liquidating its inventory sells everything off, often at discount.
A company in bankruptcy liquidates—sells all assets to pay creditors.
The word has a grimmer sense too: to liquidate someone is to kill them, especially in political or criminal contexts.
The regime liquidated its opponents.
Coming to completion
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- shutteringCovering with hinged panels
- closing downTerminating operations permanently
- cessationA full stopping
folding · disbanding · termination · bankruptcy · insolvency · receivership · deregistration · defunct
Permitted passage or approval
- closeoutsFinal inventory liquidation sales
- overstockSurplus goods beyond demand
- markdownsLowered retail prices
- discountsSubtractions from full price
surplus · fire sale · warehouse sale · unsold goods · price cuts · bargains · outlet · reductions
Disposal of assets
- disposalAct of throwing away
- sell-offRapid mass divestiture
- auctionCompetitive public sale
- divestitureDisposal of assets
unloading · cash conversion · offloading · dismantling · restructuring · downsizing · consignment · wholesale
Resolved dispute or colony
- payoffCulminating benefit received
- amortizationGradual debt reduction schedule
- principalChief school administrator
- creditorOne owed money
repayment · outstanding balance · payment plan · satisfaction · discharge · remittance · dues · default
winding up
Coming to completion
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- shutteringCovering with hinged panels
- closing downTerminating operations permanently
cessation · folding · disbanding · termination · bankruptcy · insolvency · receivership · deregistration · defunct · administrators
clearance
Permitted passage or approval
- closeoutsFinal inventory liquidation sales
- overstockSurplus goods beyond demand
- markdownsLowered retail prices
discounts · surplus · fire sale · warehouse sale · unsold goods · price cuts · bargains · outlet · reductions · everything must go
divestment
Disposal of assets
divestiture · unloading · cash conversion · offloading · dismantling · restructuring · downsizing · consignment · wholesale · appraisal
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
- payoffCulminating benefit received
- amortizationGradual debt reduction schedule
- principalChief school administrator
creditor · repayment · outstanding balance · payment plan · satisfaction · discharge · remittance · dues · default · foreclosure
- getting rid ofunload, disposal, dump, shed, offloading
- business statusactive, inactive, defunct, dormant, operating
- eliminatingeliminating, eradicating, wiping out, exterminating, abolishing
- letting goletting go, forgive, giving up, let go, relinquishing
liquidatingstarting
Initiating an action
founding · establishing · building · incorporating · launching
liquidatingacquiring
Gaining possession of
accumulating · purchasing · buying · holding · retaining
liquidatingsustaining
Maintaining over time
maintaining · preserving · continuing · perpetuating · operating
- liquidation saleInventory disposal before closing
- estate liquidationSelling deceased's property
- liquidation storeRetailer selling discontinued merchandise