liquidation
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/ˌlɪkwɪˈdeɪʃn/
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/ˌlɪkwɪˈdeɪʃn/
When a business closes, selling everything it owns and uses the money to pay its debts.
After failing to pay its debts, the store was facing liquidation.
在無法償還債務後,這家店面臨清算。
Selling things to turn them into cash, often to avoid losing money.
Investors started the liquidation of their shares after hearing the upsetting news.
聽到令人不安的新聞後,投資者開始清算他們的股份。