Topic: LOANS
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Late Latin |
| Origin: | , past participle of liquidare 'to melt', from Latin liquidus; LIQUID2 |
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liq‧ui‧date
1 [intransitive and transitive]BFL to close a business or company and sell the things that belong to it, in order to pay its debts
2 [transitive] technicalBFL to pay a debt : 
The stock was sold to liquidate the loan.
The stock was sold to liquidate the loan.3 [transitive] informal to kill someone or destroy something that is causing a problem
