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Definitions: Liquidator |
LiquidatorNoun1. A criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being). 2. A person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: LiquidatorSynonyms: manslayer (n), murderer (n), receiver (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Payment | Payer, liquidator. |
Treasurer | Noun: treasurer; bursar, bursary; purser, purse bearer; cash keeper, banker; depositary; questor, receiver, steward, trustee, accountant, Accountant General, almoner, liquidator, paymaster, cashier, teller; cambist; money changer; (merchant). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Liquidator |
| Non-English Usage: "Liquidator" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (liquidator). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Liquidator (1965) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Pakistan | In general, the court appoints a liquidator to sell off and account for the property of the bankrupt. (references) |
Trade | Jordan | In addition, the CBJ set up a separate and independent Deposit Insurance Corporation in late 2000, that ensures deposits of up to JD 10,000 (US$ 14,000). The corporation also acts as the liquidator of banks as directed by the CBJ. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Liquidator" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.38% of the time. "Liquidator" is used about 160 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.38% | 159 | 24,860 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.63% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 160 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "liquidator": liquidator-awaiting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "liquidator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 清算人. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vordering van de curator tegen de echtgenoot van de gefailleerde (action which the liquidator may bring against the bankrupt's spouse), op verzoek van de meest gerede curator (at the instigation of the liquidator who first takes action), keuzerecht van de curator (right to choose enjoyed by the liquidator), door de curator genomen maatregel tot vervreemding (disposal undertaken by the liquidator), de bevoegdheid tot beschikking en beheer gaat over op de curator (the right to administer and dispose of the bankrupt's property passes to the liquidator), curator die de boedel vertegenwoordigt (liquidator representing the general body of creditors). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | حساب واریزکننده , ازبین برنده , برچیننده . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | selvitysmies (administrator, executor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | l'administration et la disposition des biens du failli passent au syndic (the right to administer and dispose of the bankrupt's property passes to the liquidator), syndic représentant la masse (liquidator representing the general body of creditors), mesure d'aliénation engagée par le syndic (disposal undertaken by the liquidator), droit d'option du syndic (right to choose enjoyed by the liquidator), action du syndic contre le conjoint du failli (action which the liquidator may bring against the bankrupt's spouse), à la requête du syndic le plus diligent (at the instigation of the liquidator who first takes action). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | liquidator, abwickler (jug hustler, unroll, unwinder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εκκαθαριστήσ περιουσίασ, εκκαθαριστήσ (administrator), εξοφλητήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מחסל, חסלן (destroyer, hit man). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felszámoló. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | liquidatore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 精算人 , 清算人 (adjustor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せいさんにん (adjustor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 청산인. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fer skeayllee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iquidatorlay apuramento de contas. (various references) lichidator. (various references) ликвидатор. (various references) liquidador (eraser). (various references) likvidator. (various references) likidatör, tasfiye memuru (adjuster). (various references) ліквідатор. (various references) người thanh toán. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "liquidator": liquidators. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "liquidator" (pronounced li"kwudā'ter) |
| 5 | -u d ā' t er | consolidator. |
| 3 | -ā' t er | accelerator, accumulator, activator, actuator, administrator, agitator, alligator, allocator, alternator, animator, applicator, appropriator, arbitrator, aviator, calculator, carburetor, cogenerator, collaborator, commentator, communicator, conciliator, coordinator, decorator, defibrillator, demonstrator, denominator, detonator, educator, elevator, escalator, evaporator, excavator, exterminator, fabricator, facilitator, generator, gladiator, illuminator, illustrator, imitator, incinerator, incubator, indicator, infiltrator, innovator, instigator, insulator, integrator, interrogator, investigator, irrigator, legislator, litigator, locator, manipulator, mediator, Moderator, modulator, navigator, negotiator, operator, originator, oscillator, percolator, perpetrator, radiator, refrigerator, regulator, renovator, respirator, simulator, speculator, stimulator, syndicator, Terminator, ventilator, violator. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-i-l-o-q-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: utilidor. | |
-3 letters: aliquot, auditor, dilator, dilutor, outlaid. | |
-4 letters: adroit, diquat, liquid, liquor, loquat, quarto, rialto, ritual, tailor, toluid, torula, tuladi. | |
-5 letters: adult, aioli, aloud, aroid, audio, audit, dotal, doura, drail, droit, dulia, dural, idiot, iliad, laird, liard, lidar, lirot, litai, lurid, oidia, quail, quart, quilt, quirt, quoit, quota, radii, radio, ratio, tardo, tidal, tolar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-i-l-o-q-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: liquidators. | |
+3 letters: quadrillionth. | |
+4 letters: quadrillionths. | |
+5 letters: quadruplication. | |
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