Liquidator

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Liquidator \Liq"ui*da`tor\ (l[i^]k"w[i^]*d[=a]`t[~e]r), n. [Cf.
     F. liquidateur.]
     1. One who, or that which, liquidates.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a


        company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its
        name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the
        company. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  liquidator
       n 1: a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful
            premeditated killing of another human being) [syn: {murderer},
             {manslayer}]
       2: (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who
          liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of
          affected parties [syn: {receiver}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "liquidator":
     accountant, auditor, bookkeeper, bursar, cashier, cashkeeper,
     chamberlain, compensator, comptroller, controller, curator,
     defrayer, depositary, depository, financial officer, payer,
     paymaster, purse bearer, purser, ratepayer, receiver, recompenser,
     remunerator, steward, taxpayer, treasurer, trustee