liquidation

liquidation
/lik'wi day"sheuhn/, n.
1. the process of realizing upon assets and of discharging liabilities in concluding the affairs of a business, estate, etc.
2. the process of converting securities or commodities into cash.
3. the state of being liquidated: an estate in liquidation.
[1565-75; LIQUIDATE + -ION]

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      discharge of a debt or the determination by agreement or litigation of the amount of a previously unliquidated claim. One important legal meaning is the distribution of the assets of an enterprise among its creditors and proprietors. At the dissolution of a solvent corporation or unincorporated association, the assets are usually liquidated (turned into money) rather than distributed in kind. An insolvent concern, on the other hand, may be liquidated in a receivership (q.v.), in which a court-appointed receiver sells the assets and distributes the proceeds; in general assignments for the benefit of creditors; in bankruptcy; or in the administration of a decedent's estate.

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