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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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One-quarter of CoreWeave’s revenue in the fourth quarter of 2025 went toward paying interest on its $30 billion in debt and lease liabilities.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The company also has mounting debt and lease liabilities related to its AI ambitions.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The NAV represents the fair value of the underlying assets, calculated by subtracting the fund’s liabilities from its total assets and dividing the remainder by the number of outstanding shares.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

The paper notes that mortgage debt accounts for over 70% of all household liabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

One man’s liability had always been another man’s asset, but now more and more of the liabilities could be turned into bits of paper that you could sell to anyone.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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