- plural of liability.
liabilities
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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At the end of April, Brussels entered exclusive negotiations with French utility Engie for Belgium to acquire its nuclear reactors, including its workforces and liabilities inside the country.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The SNP's 2021 accounts showed total income was £4,510,460, total expenditure was £5,262,032, assets were £1,630,454 and liabilities were £1,055,689.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The country’s investment-income surplus, the difference between income earned on international financial assets and paid on international liabilities, narrowed by C$4.93 billion from the prior quarter to C$2.45 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Some prospective IPO investors feared that Mastercard could ultimately be on the hook for many billions of dollars’ worth of legal liabilities related to allegations of price fixing.
From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026
Indeed, Dobzhansky recognized that natural variation was a vital reservoir for an organism—an asset that far outweighed its liabilities.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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