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liquidation — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • clearance noun Official permission to proceed, access something, or travel.
  • liquidation noun The process of closing down a business by selling its assets and settling debts.
  • sale noun The act of exchanging goods or services for money.

Senses

liquidation is used for these senses in English:

  • clearance (retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout.
  • divestment (finance) The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.
  • liquidation The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
  • sale Ellipsis of discount sale (“the sale of goods at reduced prices”).

clearance — full definition

  1. noun Official permission to proceed, access something, or travel.
  2. noun The available gap or distance between two objects, such as a vehicle and a low bridge.
  3. noun A sale of goods at reduced prices to clear out stock.

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