Antonyms for liquidate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : lik-wi-deyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪk wɪˌdeɪt

Definition of liquidate

Origin : 1570s, "to reduce to order, to set out clearly" (of accounts), from Late Latin or Medieval Latin liquidatus, past participle of liquidare "to melt, make liquid or clear, clarify," from Latin liquidus (see liquid). Sense of "clear away" (a debt) first recorded 1755. The meaning "wipe out, kill" is from 1924, possibly from Russian likvidirovat. Related: Liquidated; liquidating.

verb pay; change into cash
verb destroy, dissolve

Example sentences :

Where did you obtain the money that you applied to liquidate, or partially to liquidate, your debts?
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Which the same being the case, I invite all to come forward and liquidate.
Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis

His throat was dry and he proposed to liquidate his unusual exertion.
Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine

Now, my love, duty requires that I should at once begin to liquidate.
Extract from : « Under the Waves » by R M Ballantyne

There was only one thing to do—root them out, liquidate them.
Extract from : « Empire » by Clifford Donald Simak

He must liquidate the obligation, or be forgiven the debt by the creditor.
Extract from : « Cowley's Talks on Doctrine » by Matthias F. Cowley

Who will find means to liquidate the kingdom's indebtedness, whoever may be the creditor?
Extract from : « The Puppet Crown » by Harold MacGrath

But to make no attempt to liquidate his debt was as impossible as to speak to his father.
Extract from : « Home Influence » by Grace Aguilar

To Africa this country owes a debt larger than she is able to liquidate.
Extract from : « Thoughts on African Colonization » by William Lloyd Garrison

If he could hold out, he might be able to liquidate his most pressing debts.
Extract from : « Harding of Allenwood » by Harold Bindloss

Synonyms for liquidate

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