liability
Meaning
- An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
- An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
- 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.
- (informal) 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.
- The likelihood of something happening.
- The condition of being susceptible to something.
Synonyms
liabilities and owner’s equity
financial obligation
outstanding debt
nervous strain
incur debts
saddled with debt
negative asset
against us
mental strain
Frequency
Hyphenated as
li‧abil‧ity
Pronounced as (IPA)
/laɪəˈbɪlɪti/
Etymology
From liable + -ity.
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