- plural of liability.
liabilities
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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It suggested ways to reduce the cost of wildfire liabilities, including by capping fees of attorneys representing victims and reducing payments to survivors for non-economic damages like pain and suffering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Private credit can be useful to insurers, matching long-duration liabilities against illiquid assets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
It didn’t help that Meta disclosed more than $2 billion in liabilities from legal proceedings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
He pretended the money was for "football equipment, council liabilities, Companies House fees, charity registration costs and business penalties".
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 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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