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li·a·bil·i·ty

(lī′ə-bĭl′ĭ-tē)

n. pl. li·a·bil·i·ties

1. The state of being liable.

a. Something for which one is liable; an obligation, responsibility, or debt.

b. liabilities The financial obligations entered in the balance sheet of a business enterprise.

3. Something that holds one back; a handicap.

4. Likelihood.

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liabilities

(ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪz)

pl n

(Accounting & Book-keeping) accounting business obligations incurred but not discharged and entered as claims on the assets shown on the balance sheet. Compare assets¹

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liabilities

Debts, including bank loans and money invested in the business by holders of bonds and shares.

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Noun

liabilities - anything that is owed to someone else

possession - anything owned or possessed

plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

tax liability - the amount of tax owed; calculated by applying the tax rate to the tax base

payables - money that you currently expect to pay on notes and accounts

deficit - an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"

debt - money or goods or services owed by one person to another

charge - financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate"

accounts payable - a debtor's accounts of money he owes; normally arise from the purchase of products or services

Translations

παθητικό

passzíváktartozások

passività passivo

liabilities

[ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪz] npl (Comm) → debiti mpl; (on balance sheet) → passivo msg, passività f inv

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"That," said the Assistant Pocketer of Deposits, "is one of our liabilities."

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I had often thought of the Micawbers, but chiefly to wonder what 'pecuniary liabilities' they were establishing in Canterbury, and to recall how shy Mr.

Where, for the first time in many revolving years, the overwhelming pressure of pecuniary liabilities was not proclaimed, from day to day, by importune voices declining to vacate the passage; where there was no knocker on the door for any creditor to appeal to; where personal service of process was not required, and detainees were merely lodged at the gate!

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She knew every farmer for miles about: how much land he had under cultivation, how many cattle he was feeding, what his liabilities were.

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This done, there were actually left, between that time and Christmas, liabilities to be met to the extent of forty thousand pounds, without a farthing in hand to pay that formidable debt.

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The Englishman entered, and found Morrel seated at a table, turning over the formidable columns of his ledger, which contained the list of his liabilities. At the sight of the stranger, M.

"I will not," continued he, after a moment's silence, "conceal from you, that while your probity and exactitude up to this moment are universally acknowledged, yet the report is current in Marseilles that you are not able to meet your liabilities." At this almost brutal speech Morrel turned deathly pale.

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"For aught I know you may have extravagant aristocratic habits: if you have, drop them; I tolerate nothing of the sort here, and I will never give you a shilling extra, whatever liabilities you may incur--mind that."

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How D'Artagnan regulated the "Assets" of the Company before he established its "Liabilities"

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The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant "own," and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities.

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Cynthia Villar and Emmanuel Pacquiao emerged on top of the list of the Senate 'Millionaires Club,' based on a summary of their 2018 Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) as of December 31.

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