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liquidation business definition

  1. The conversion of assets into cash. Just as a company may liquidate an entire subsidiary by selling it to another firm, so too may an investor liquidate by selling a particular type of security.
  2. The paying of a debt.
  3. The selling of assets and the paying of liabilities in anticipation of going out of business.

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