liquidator
Winds up companies
A liquidator is a person appointed to wind up a company's affairs, selling assets to pay creditors and distribute remaining funds to shareholders.
The term extends to anyone who eliminates or disposes of something systematically.
In espionage and crime contexts, a liquidator is someone who kills targets: The regime sent liquidators after defectors.
Legal status when insolvent
- receivershipCourt-ordered asset management
- creditorOne owed money
- debtorOne who owes
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
winding-up · dissolution · assets · claims · distribution · administrator · trustee · appointment
Formal business dissolution
- terminationAct of ending something
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- cessationA full stopping
- shutdownCessation of operations
wind-down · finalization · disbandment · deregistration · completion · conclusion · final · account
Property and grounds
- probateWill validation proceedings
- administratorPerson who manages operations
- deceasedNo longer living
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
inheritance · testament · heir · personal · representative · succession · intestate · distribution
Assessment of monetary worth
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- realizationGrasping what's true
- auctionCompetitive public sale
- saleExchange for payment
disposal · collection · distribution · recovery · divestment · portfolio · holdings · equity
Trial venue or sports surface
- litigationLegal dispute process
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
adjudication · liability · claimant · plaintiff · defendant · appointment · statutory · duties
Fictional spirit-catching squad
- exterminatorOne who eradicates vermin
- destroyerOne that ruins completely
- eliminatorWhat removes or destroys
- annihilatorOne who destroys completely
bankruptcy
Legal status when insolvent
- receivershipCourt-ordered asset management
- creditorOne owed money
- debtorOne who owes
insolvency · winding-up · dissolution · assets · claims · distribution · administrator · trustee · appointment · statutory
winding-up
Formal business dissolution
- terminationAct of ending something
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- cessationA full stopping
shutdown · wind-down · finalization · disbandment · deregistration · completion · conclusion · final · account · meeting
estate
Property and grounds
- probateWill validation proceedings
- administratorPerson who manages operations
- deceasedNo longer living
beneficiary · inheritance · testament · heir · personal · representative · succession · intestate · distribution · assets
valuation
Assessment of monetary worth
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- realizationGrasping what's true
- auctionCompetitive public sale
sale · disposal · collection · distribution · recovery · divestment · portfolio · holdings · equity · property
court
Trial venue or sports surface
- litigationLegal dispute process
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
judgment · adjudication · liability · claimant · plaintiff · defendant · appointment · statutory · duties · powers
Ghostbusters
Fictional spirit-catching squad
- exterminatorOne who eradicates vermin
- destroyerOne that ruins completely
- eliminatorWhat removes or destroys
- shopsshop, boutique, store, bakery, bookstores
- Assassinsassassin, hitman, John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Brutus
- dissolutionbreakup, breakdown, wind down, disintegration, dismantling
- liquidationsfire sale, closeout, forced sale, bankruptcy sale, going out of business
- nuclear radiationradiation exposure, radiation poisoning, radioactive isotopes, fallout, nuclear meltdown
- hired killersassassin, hitman, sicario, contract killer, hired gun
liquidatorrestructurer
One who overhauls arrangements
rescuer · company doctor · reorganizer · savior · preserver
liquidatoracquirer
One who obtains possession
accumulator · consolidator · investor · builder · buyer
liquidatorfounder
One who begins something
entrepreneur · incorporator · creator · builder · establisher
- liquidation saleInventory disposal before closing
- estate liquidationSelling deceased's property
- liquidation storeRetailer selling discontinued merchandise