different between liquidation vs dissolution

English

Etymology

liquidate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?kw??de???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

liquidation (countable and uncountable, plural liquidations)

1. The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
2. The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.

3. (euphemistic) Murder of dehumanized victims by a regime (and possibly its allies).

Related terms

• liquid
• liquidate
• liquidator
• liquidity
• liquidizer
• liquor

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ki.da.sj??/

Noun

liquidation f (plural liquidations)

1. sale, liquidation (sale of goods at reduced prices)
2. liquidation

Further reading

• “liquidation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Old French dissolution, from Latin dissol?ti? (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?s??l(j)u???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?s??lu??n/
• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

dissolution (countable and uncountable, plural dissolutions)

1. The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.

   Synonym: abolition

   Antonyms: establishment, foundation

2. Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.
3. Dissolving, or going into solution.
4. The quality of being dissolute.

   Synonym: dissipation

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• “dissolution”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• dissolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin dissol?ti?nem (accusative of dissol?ti?).

Pronunciation

Noun

dissolution f (plural dissolutions)

1. dissolution

Further reading

• “dissolution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).