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
These so-called affiliated investments now amount to an average 76% of surplus, the cushion left over after liabilities are subtracted from assets, A.M.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 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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