liability engineering

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noun commerce

the practice by a company of taking steps to avoid liability for any fraudulent dealings with it, such as making a credit-card owner responsible for any abuses of the card by a third party

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Words nearby liability engineering

Lhotse, LHRH, li, liabilities, liability, liability engineering, liability insurance, liability limit, liable, liaise, liaison

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Example sentences from the Web for liability engineering

The Great Lakes states, for example, boast the largest concentration of engineering jobs (more than 318,000) of any major region.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead|Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The revival of industry makes such engineering talent critical to regional success.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead|Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pragnell spent three months in Japan engineering prefabricated warehouses.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The income of a software engineering intern at Facebook is comparable, with monthly incomes of over $6,500.
Silicon Valley Interns Make a Service Worker’s Yearly Salary In Three Months|Samantha Allen|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He is also soliciting funds for university fellowships in agronomy and engineering.
Mexico’s Holy Warrior Against the Cartels|Jason McGahan|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The percentage of gold to the notes—the main demand liability—has, of course, fallen from about 65 to 35 per cent.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
This letter indirectly points out two long-standing radical errors in engineering phraseology.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
He was a large shareholder of the bank, and the liability of the shareholders was unlimited.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
A claim barred by the statute of limitations is not provable, nor is a contingent liability.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
In many states statutes exist defining their right to sue and be sued, and their liability to creditors.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

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