liabilities

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

For Google, it is simply the latest blow in a series of antitrust cases that have left the company on the hook for billions of dollars in legal liabilities.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

He said the business would have ran out of cash in April had it not been for a £10m loan from Modella and a deferral in liabilities including a large tax bill from HMRC.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

In terms over BP’s overall liabilities, which includes debt, leases and hybrids, this figure is closer to $56 billion but around $30 billion would be more appropriate, they write.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Fourth-quarter debt and lease liabilities rose 50% from last year to $156 billion, and the company had another $261 billion in lease liabilities that hadn’t commenced as of February.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Indeed, Dobzhansky recognized that natural variation was a vital reservoir for an organism—an asset that far outweighed its liabilities.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee