contingent liability
Americannoun
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Stripping out one-time items—primarily related to pending claims and settlements, as well as a loss on a contingent liability measurement—earnings were $1.89 a share.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Last December, in a report, the IMF flagged India's "elevated public debt levels and contingent liability risks".
From BBC • May 8, 2024
“Ex-Im is a smaller one. … We should find ways to lessen the contingent liability of the federal government.”
From Slate • Mar. 2, 2015
From the outset, it seemed curious that any businessman would buy a business facing a potential and widely reported £49m contingent liability if it was defeated in a tax tribunal.
From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2012
This amount, therefore, was not a burden on the state, provided the railroad remained solvent; though in form a direct, it was virtually a contingent liability.
From The Reconstruction of Georgia Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1901 by Woolley, Edwin C.
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