Pay off debt (9)

I believe the answer is:

liquidate

(Other definitions for liquidate that I've seen before include "finish off" , "Terminate (eg the operations of a business)" , "Kill" , "Waste" , "Take out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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