liquidator
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- noun
- /ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪtər/
- UK
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liquidador
- The liquidator meticulously reviewed the financial records before proceeding with the liquidation process.
- liquidator appointed
Examples
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Some companies, like the food store PAC, were liquidated (as early as 1980), and their remaining goods, buildings, trucks, and other equipment were sold off by the state liquidators.
Academic text (1993) -
After the company declared bankruptcy, the liquidator was tasked with selling off the remaining inventory.
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The liquidator told us we would find out in about a week what that bonus is.
Blog text (33) -
When we were told our store was to be closed, the liquidator told us that we would get a big bonus for sticking around until Dec. 31st instead of looking for a new job.
Blog text (33) -
State liquidators likely will spend the next several years trying to dig up company assets to help cover the costs of P*I*E's collapse.
Academic text (1998) -
Additionally, the court appointed KPMG China as the provisional liquidators of Lehman’s Hong Kong units.
Academic text (2009) -
The court appointed a liquidator to manage the company's assets and settle its debts.
Synonyms
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A person who gets something someone sends, gives, or throws
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Etymology
Liquidator comes from liquidate, which is from the same root as liquid, meaning 'to make liquid' or 'fluid'. So a liquidator is a person who turns a company's goods into 'liquid', that is, sells them for money to pay its debts.