liquidate
英['lɪkwɪdeɪt]
美['lɪkwɪdet]
- vt. 清算；偿付；消除
- vi. 清算；清理债务
英英释意
- 1. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing;
- "The mafia liquidated the informer"
- "the double agent was neutralized"
- 2. eliminate by paying off (debts)
- 3. convert into cash;
- "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"
- 4. settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off;
- "liquidate a company"