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liquidator

/ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtə/

B2CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

The officeholder appointed to conduct the winding-up of a company, realise its assets and distribute the proceeds.

The liquidator disclaimed the onerous lease and investigated the directors' pre-insolvency conduct.

Topic: Insolvency & restructuring in Legal English

Business noun

An official appointed to wind up an insolvent company and distribute its assets to creditors.

The liquidator sold the remaining stock to repay the secured lenders first.

Similar: administrator

Topic: Banking in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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