liability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: accounting
business
finance
Etymology: Etymology tree
English liable
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English liability
From liable + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: liabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: "I was to say that Maw and Meggins disclaim all responsibility," continued the other. "They admit no liability at all, but in consideration of your son's services they wish to present you with a certain sum as compensation."
Those products – known as liability-driven investing, or LDIs – help offset liabilities and risks on pension funds’ books.
gloss: An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Asked if at some point Huma becomes a liability to Hillary, the long-term Clinton insider replies, “It’s like anything else. I don’t think so, but you know I don’t have any idea. Hillary is very loyal, but she’s obviously pragmatic.”
gloss: A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk.
pos: noun
tags: countable
derogatory
informal
mildly
uncountable
examples: You're a bloody liability sometimes!
gloss: The likelihood of something happening.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The condition of being susceptible to something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: alternative liability
chancel repair liability
current liability
enterprise liability
imputed liability
liability insurance
limited-liability
limited liability
limited liability company
no liability
nonliability
private limited liability company
public limited liability company
secondary liability
strict liability
vicarious liability
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: задължение
roman: zadǎlženie
lang: Bulgarian
word: отговорност
roman: otgovornost
lang: Finnish
word: velvollisuus
lang: German
word: Verbindlichkeit
lang: German
word: Verpflichtung
lang: German
word: Verantwortung
lang: Hindi
word: उत्तरदायित्व
roman: uttardāyitva
lang: Hindi
word: दायित्व
roman: dāyitva
lang: Hungarian
word: felelősség
lang: Hungarian
word: kötelezettség
lang: Hungarian
word: felelősségvállalás
lang: Hungarian
word: kötelezettségvállalás
lang: Malayalam
word: ബാധ്യത
roman: bādhyata
lang: Māori
word: kawenga (a te ture)
lang: Finnish
word: taakka
lang: Finnish
word: rasite
lang: German
word: Nachteil
lang: German
word: Hindernis
lang: German
word: Handicap
lang: Hungarian
word: teher
lang: Hungarian
word: tehertétel
lang: Hungarian
word: baj
lang: Hungarian
word: gond
lang: Hungarian
word: nehézség
lang: Hungarian
word: hátrány
lang: Malayalam
word: ബാധ്യത
roman: bādhyata
lang: Spanish
word: lastre
lang: Spanish
word: estorbo
lang: Spanish
word: rémora