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