Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE
  
  the contractual right of an investor to priority in receiving the proceeds from the liquidation of a company. For example, a venture capital investor with a "2x liquidation preference" has the right to receive two times its original investment upon liquidation.
  
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