liquidator
noun
liq·ui·da·tor
ˈli-kwə-ˌdā-tər 
: one that liquidates
especially
: an individual appointed by law to liquidate assets
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Gordon Brothers — which is mostly known as a liquidator that steps in at the end to do the out-of-business sale — bought Laura Ashley out of administration in 2020, picking up just the intellectual property.
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Evan Clark, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
Ann was an appraisal assistant for a private-estate liquidator.
—Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 2024
Her mother handed the jewelry over to a liquidator in exchange for cash.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
In order to recoup funds obtained from Affinity Equity International Partners Limited and Alsen Chance Holdings Limited — which were linked to the 1MDB scandal — liquidators sued the producer.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Evan Clark, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
Ann was an appraisal assistant for a private-estate liquidator.
—Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 2024
Her mother handed the jewelry over to a liquidator in exchange for cash.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
In order to recoup funds obtained from Affinity Equity International Partners Limited and Alsen Chance Holdings Limited — which were linked to the 1MDB scandal — liquidators sued the producer.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Liquidator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liquidator. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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liquidator
noun
liq·ui·da·tor
ˈli-kwə-ˌdā-tər
: one that liquidates
especially
: an individual appointed by law to liquidate assets compare receiver
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