liabilities
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The company also has mounting debt and lease liabilities related to its AI ambitions.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Both funds trade at huge premiums to their net asset value, the value of its assets minus its liabilities.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Wealth measures a household’s assets, like stocks, bank accounts and home equity, minus liabilities like mortgages, car loans and credit-card debt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 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
“Lindy’s drawing up articles of incorporation, which will protect your personal assets from any real or perceived vulnerabilities or liabilities of a professional nature.”
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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