eliminate
English
Etymology
From Latin eliminatus, past participle of eliminare (“to turn out of doors, banish”), from e (“out”) + limen (“a threshold”), akin to limes (“a boundary”); see limit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈlɪməneɪt/
Verb
eliminate (third-person singular simple present eliminates, present participle eliminating, simple past and past participle eliminated)
- (transitive) To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.
- (slang) To kill (a person or animal).
- (physiology) To excrete (waste products).
- To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
- Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.
- John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.
- (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.[1]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:destroy, abrogate, abolish
- (excrete): See Thesaurus:urinate and Thesaurus:defecate
Related terms
Synonyms
- give the chop to
- give the boot to
- give the sack to
- give the walking papers to
- vote off
Translations
completely destroy
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kill
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eliminate the effects of intercompany transactions in a consolidation statement
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Further reading
- eliminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- eliminate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
- “FindMyBestCPA.com - Consolidated Statements (Interco eliminations)”, in (Please provide the title of the work), accessed 14 April 2011, archived from the original on 8 March 2011
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