Liquidate

  

To sell. Perchance to not lose everything in the process.

Liquidate usually means "sell with extreme prejudice." It's what happens when that furniture store goes out of business. Those 187 couches must be sold by Sunday night when the store's lease somehow evaporates. So the price is no longer $2,800 for the yellow leather thing; it's now liquidated for $500.

Liquidation time often equals bargain time.

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