liabilities
Britishplural noun
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Mark Toney, executive director of the Utilities Reform Network, called the idea of permanently capping shareholders’ liabilities for fires “completely unacceptable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
If the utilities commission agrees that the company acted prudently, Edison’s liabilities for the fire would be fully covered by a $21-billion state wildfire fund.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
One of the most important elements from Friday’s release was the intention to settle the remaining liabilities from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in full, which is equivalent to around $5 billion post-tax, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The move paves the way for Frasers to consolidate Hugo Boss’s earnings, assets and liabilities into its own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Indeed, Dobzhansky recognized that natural variation was a vital reservoir for an organism—an asset that far outweighed its liabilities.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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