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Liquidate vs Liquor - What's the difference?

liquidate | liquor | Related terms |

Liquor is a related term of liquidate.

Liquidate is a related term of liquor.


In context|obsolete|transitive|lang=en terms the difference between liquidate and liquor

is that liquidate is (obsolete|transitive) to make liquid while liquor is (obsolete|transitive) to grease.

As verbs the difference between liquidate and liquor

is that liquidate is to settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount while liquor is to drink liquor, usually to excess.

As a noun liquor is

(obsolete) a liquid.

liquidate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount.
  • * W. Coxe
    • Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to liquidate a debt of a thousand florins.
  • To settle the affairs of (a company), by using its assets to pay its debts.
  • To convert (assets) into cash.
  • To do away with.
  • To kill.
  • (legal) To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); to make the amount of (a debt) clear and certain.
  • * 15 Ga. Rep. 821
    • A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the operation of law.
  • * Chesterfield
    • If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated , I believe you would be brought in considerably debtor.
  • (obsolete) To make clear and intelligible.
  • * A. Hamilton
    • Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of a compound system.
  • (obsolete) To make liquid.

    • Synonyms

    * (to settle the affairs) conclude * (to kill)

    Related terms

    * liquefy * liquid * liquidation * liquidator * liquidity * liquidizer * liquify * liquor

    Anagrams

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    liquor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * liquour (obsolete)

    Noun

  • (obsolete) A liquid.
  • (obsolete) A drinkable liquid.
  • A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
  • (chiefly, US) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation.
  • In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.

    • Synonyms

    * (strong alcoholic drink) spirits (British and Australasian English) * (liquid obtained by cooking food) stock, pot liquor (American English), broth, bouillon

    Derived terms

    * hold one's liquor * liquor lounge * liquor store

    Related terms

    * liqueur * liquid * liquidate * liquidation * liquidator * liquidity * liquidizer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To drink liquor, usually to excess.
  • To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
  • (obsolete) To grease.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Liquor fishermen's boots.
    (Francis Bacon)
    (Webster 1913)

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