liquidations
Closing out businesses
Liquidations are the plural of liquidation—the process of converting assets to cash, typically to pay off debts.
When a business undergoes liquidation, it sells everything and closes permanently: The company announced liquidations across three failing divisions.
In finance, liquidation also refers to closing out investment positions.
The term can extend to elimination more broadly: the liquidation of political enemies.
Permitted passage or approval
- closeoutsFinal inventory liquidation sales
- fire saleUrgent, deep-discount liquidation
- markdownsLowered retail prices
- discountsSubtractions from full price
bargains · overstock · surplus · inventory · sell-off · auction · merchandise · warehouse sale
Inability to pay debts
- receivershipCourt-ordered asset management
- creditorsThose owed payment
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- wind-upFinal part or end
foreclosure · assets · bankruptcy court · trustee · insolvent · claimants · petition · debtor
Giving back what's owed
- debt paymentSum toward outstanding balance
- creditorsThose owed payment
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- arrearsOverdue financial obligations
payoff · discharge · redemption · amortization · dues · obligations · claims · distribution
Cessation of operations
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- wind-downGradual transition to rest
- cessationA full stopping
- terminationAct of ending something
discontinuation · winding up · disbandment · closing · exit · departure · demise · folding
Changing how something's arranged
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
- debt restructuringRenegotiating borrower payment terms
- corporate restructuringOverhauling company organization
- workoutStructured physical exercise
divestiture · downsizing · retrenchment · cost-cutting · workforce reduction · distressed sale
clearance
Permitted passage or approval
- closeoutsFinal inventory liquidation sales
- fire saleUrgent, deep-discount liquidation
- markdownsLowered retail prices
discounts · bargains · overstock · surplus · inventory · sell-off · auction · merchandise · warehouse sale · everything must go
insolvency
Inability to pay debts
- receivershipCourt-ordered asset management
- creditorsThose owed payment
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
wind-up · foreclosure · assets · bankruptcy court · trustee · insolvent · claimants · petition · debtor · administration
repayment
Giving back what's owed
- debt paymentSum toward outstanding balance
- creditorsThose owed payment
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
arrears · payoff · discharge · redemption · amortization · dues · obligations · claims · distribution · payout
shutdown
Cessation of operations
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- wind-downGradual transition to rest
- cessationA full stopping
termination · discontinuation · winding up · disbandment · closing · exit · departure · demise · folding · going under
reorganization
Changing how something's arranged
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
- debt restructuringRenegotiating borrower payment terms
- corporate restructuringOverhauling company organization
workout · divestiture · downsizing · retrenchment · cost-cutting · workforce reduction · distressed sale
- crypto metricsmarket cap, trading volume, APY, APR, transaction fees
liquidationsrestructurings
Systematic organizational overhauls
reorganizations · turnarounds · bailouts · rescues · revivals
liquidationsacquisitions
Things newly gained
accumulations · consolidations · purchases · capitalizations · investments
liquidationsincorporations
Acts of legally establishing companies
formations · foundings · startups · launches · establishments
- liquidation saleInventory disposal before closing
- estate liquidationSelling deceased's property
- liquidation storeRetailer selling discontinued merchandise