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liquidator

/ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪtə/LIH-kwih-day-tur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪtɚ/LIH-kwih-day-tur

Meaningone who liquidates

Common meaning: a person who winds up a failed business

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Journey through time

  1. Latinliquidus‘liquid, clear’source
  2. Late Latinliguidatus‘make clear’source
  3. Englishliquidate‘settle debts or close a business by selling its assets’
  4. Englishformed in English from liquidateliquidator‘a person who winds up a failed business’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from liquidate + -or.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), LIQUIDATE, p.336 · scan

Source words

  • liquidus Latin · source word “liquid, clear”

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