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liabilities

British  
/ ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪz /

plural noun

  1. accounting business obligations incurred but not discharged and entered as claims on the assets shown on the balance sheet Compare assets

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About $72 billion of the excluded losses arose from marking various liabilities, including convertible notes, to market values.

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

Others close down and reopen under different company names to escape their tax liabilities.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Anthropic is warning investors about the data center backlash and potential liabilities from catastrophic incidents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Citra asked as they looked for a parking place—one of the liabilities of taking a car that was off-grid.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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