清算された
解説 Definition
liquidated は liquidate（清算する、換金する）の過去形・過去分詞です。資産を売って現金に換えたことや、資産の売却・分配を通じて会社を清算したことを表します。
Liquidated is the past-tense and past-participle form of liquidate. It describes assets converted into cash or a company formally closed through the sale and distribution of its assets, often so that debts can be paid.
使い方 Usage
- 会社を主語にした was／were liquidated は、資産の売却・分配を通じて「清算された」ことを表します。 With a company as the subject, was or were liquidated describes its closure through the sale and distribution of assets.
- 資産を主語にした were liquidated は換金されたことを表します。能動態では liquidated its holdings のように使います。 With assets as the subject, were liquidated means they were sold for cash. An active pattern is liquidated its holdings.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
liquid assets「流動資産」と結び付け、資産を現金に変えて清算する場面を思い浮かべましょう。liquidate は末尾が e なので d を付け、語尾は /ɪd/ と発音します。
Connect liquidated with liquid assets and picture assets being turned into cash for settlement. Add d to liquidate because it already ends in e; pronounce the ending /ɪd/.
例文
The company was liquidated after years of heavy losses.
その会社は、何年も大きな損失が続いた後に清算されました。
Several assets were liquidated to pay the debt.
借金を返すために、いくつかの資産が売却されて現金に換えられました。
The fund liquidated its holdings in small firms.
そのファンドは、小規模企業への投資として保有していた資産を換金しました。
liquidated の類義語・関連語
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liquidated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中世ラテン語liquidare「決済する」に由来し、語源はラテン語liquidus（透明な・液体）です。語根liquid-に動詞化-ate、過去形-edが付き、「帳簿の混乱を洗い流し明確にする」比喩が債務完済の意味へ転じました。関連語にliquid、liquidityがあります。
Liquidated is the regular past-tense and past-participle form of liquidate. Liquidate comes through Medieval Latin liquidare, “to make clear or settle,” from Latin liquidus, “clear or liquid.” The financial sense developed around settling accounts and determining or paying what was owed; it later included converting assets into cash and winding up a business. Liquid and liquidity belong to the same historical word family.
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