[syn: liquidator, receiver]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
liquidator
n 1: a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful
premeditated killing of another human being) [syn:
murderer, liquidator, 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: liquidator, receiver]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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