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liquidar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • divest verb To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
  • liquidate verb To convert assets into cash, often to pay off debts.
  • settle verb To resolve a dispute, disagreement, or debt, often by reaching an agreement.

Senses

liquidar is used for these senses in English:

  • divest (transitive, finance) To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary.
  • sell off (transitive) To sell assets for the purpose of disposing of them quickly rather than for maximizing profit.
  • settle (transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).

divest — full definition

  1. verb To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
  2. verb To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary.

liquidate — full definition

  1. verb To convert assets into cash, often to pay off debts.
  2. verb To close down a business by settling its debts and distributing any remaining assets.
  3. verb To kill someone, especially for political reasons; to eliminate.

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