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liability

[lahy-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌlaɪ əˈbɪl ɪ ti /




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In particular, many people across disrupted industries are terrified of being perceived as an unemployable liability.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026

The primary reason was a $370 million increase in the estimated liability for certain “off-market customer contracts.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Belfast Trust also refused to say if it was involved in legal proceedings in relation to liability for repair costs.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Although OpenAI hasn’t yet exercised the warrants, the charge reported by AMD for the September quarter was accounted for as a liability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

As Patterson increasingly became a liability to his institution, the school trustees were repeatedly pressed by lead industry officials to shut him up or let him go.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Ted Mortonson, a managing director at Baird, told MarketWatch that Nvidia’s billions of dollars of financing deals for the AI ecosystem will likely come under scrutiny, given those investments will be considered contingent liabilities.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

The book contains 36 brief chapters on accounting and, for the first time, popularized the concept of double-entry bookkeeping, which offsets assets against liabilities and revenues against expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

It paid $8.4 billion and initially determined the acquired assets’ fair value was $1.6 billion less than the combined liabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

If the utilities commission agrees that the company acted prudently, Edison’s liabilities for the fire would be fully covered by a $21-billion state wildfire fund.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

“Lindy’s drawing up articles of incorporation, which will protect your personal assets from any real or perceived vulnerabilities or liabilities of a professional nature.”

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen


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