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liabilities

British  
/ ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪz /

plural noun

  1. accounting business obligations incurred but not discharged and entered as claims on the assets shown on the balance sheet Compare assets

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By the end of the first quarter, CoreWeave held $25 billion in debt alongside $10 billion in lease liabilities.

From Barron's • May 29, 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

The liability number might be a little surprising, but most of those liabilities appear to come from xAI.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The durability of the empire is compelling evidence that the assets outweighed the liabilities.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

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