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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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"A deal that would be good for the workforce, represent good value for money and would not repeat the mistakes of the past and risk creating new structural equal pay liabilities."

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

With “Beef,” Lee links the potential liabilities women face by locking into long-term relationships to the realities of the capitalist trap, which draws women into not only unpaid housework but uncompensated emotional labor, too.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

A simple approach is modeling a net asset value for each company, where we look at the value of the assets, take away the net liabilities, and have an implied equity value.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The federal government overall—considering the Fed and the Treasury together—would have exactly the same assets and liabilities with the same overall risk profiles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Eisenhower replied levelly that he shared the same liabilities.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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