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accrued liability

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noun

the amount of liability accumulated at a given time but not yet paid.

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Words nearby accrued liability

accrue, accrued dividend, accrued expense, accrued income, accrued interest, accrued liability, acct., acculturate, acculturation, acculturationist, acculturize

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Example sentences from the Web for accrued liability

No one saw them, and all of a sudden reports of being “difficult” were a real liability.
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Except for in the Academy, where a low number seems to be a liability.
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But will his racially charged rhetoric make him a liability instead?
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The Japanese judges have established that yakuza bosses have “employer liability” for the actions of their subordinates.
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He takes careful sips while passing down the collective knowledge of his ancestors, accrued over countless generations.
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The percentage of gold to the notes—the main demand liability—has, of course, fallen from about 65 to 35 per cent.
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He was a large shareholder of the bank, and the liability of the shareholders was unlimited.
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A claim barred by the statute of limitations is not provable, nor is a contingent liability.
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In many states statutes exist defining their right to sue and be sued, and their liability to creditors.
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In such incompetent hands the malt business soon fell to be a liability rather than an asset.
The Eve of the Revolution|Carl Becker