High Performance Liquid Chromatography: An efficient form of column chromatography that pumps a liquid solution of the sample at very high pressure through a column packed with a stationary phase made of very tiny particles. The high pressure pumps required make HPLC an expensive technique.

 

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Liquidation Value: Net amount that could be realized by selling the assets of a firm after paying the debt.

Liquidator: Person appointed by an unsecured creditor in the United Kingdom to oversee the sale of an insolvent firm's assets and the repayment of its debts.

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Liquid Yield Option Note (LYON): Zero-coupon, callable, putable, convertible bond developed by Merrill Lynch & Co.

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