- plural of liability.
liabilities
Example Sentences
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Between 2016 and 2021, Evergrande and Xu as its boss "violated national laws by engaging in continuous, large-scale financial fraud and other means to inflate assets and conceal liabilities", the court said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
During the second quarter alone, BP cut various financial liabilities, which include debt, hybrid debt, leases and settlement payments for the Deepwater Horizon disaster, by a whopping $7 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
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
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
