liability
/laɪəˈbɪlɪti/
An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone; An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.; Any kind of debt recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet; A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them
- plural
- liabilities
Meanings
- 1
An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone
The company didn't admit liability.
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I don't want to take on another liability.
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- 2
An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.; Any kind of debt recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet
- 3
A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk
- 4
A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk.; A person on a team that is more of a hindrance than a helprare
- 5
The likelihood of something happeningrare
- 6
The condition of being susceptible to somethingrare