liabilities
Britishplural noun
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Last year, the City Council and mayor declared a fiscal state of emergency as they faced a $1-billion deficit due to revenue shortfalls as well as increased liabilities from the Palisades fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
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
Anthropic’s red ink arose mainly from marking up the value of liabilities on its balance sheet, a process that produces losses on the income statement much like marking down an asset’s value does.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 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
We have already noted some of the assets and liabilities they brought along with them.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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