Synonyms for liabilities
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lahy-uh-bil-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌlaɪ əˈbɪl ɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for liabilities Other synonyms for the word liabilities
- account
- accountableness
- amenability
- amenableness
- arrear
- arrearage
- bad news
- baggage
- balance
- bite
- blame
- chance
- chit
- compulsion
- contingency
- contract
- debit
- disadvantage
- drag
- drawback
- due
- encumbrance
- handicap
- hindrance
- impediment
- indebtedness
- indebtment
- IOU
- lease
- likelihood
- millstone
- minus
- misfortune
- mortgage
- nuisance
- obligation
- onus
- openness
- owing
- pledge
- possibility
- proneness
- remainder
- responsibility
- subjection
- susceptibility
- tab
- tendency
- vulnerability
- vulnerableness
Définition of liabilities
Origin :- 1790, originally a term in law; "condition of being legally liable;" see liable + -ity. General sense is from 1809; meaning "thing for which one is liable" is first attested 1842. Related: Liabilities.
- noun answerability, responsibility
- noun burden, debt
- noun chance, probability
- If arrested, they can have no claim to exemption from the liabilities of criminals.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Its liabilities were small, it was merely in want of ready-money.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- The most intangible of assets and the most unescapable of liabilities.
- Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
- The liabilities thus frankly stated, let us turn to the assets.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
- How was he to pay up the liabilities of his bank shares from his dwindling practice?
- Extract from : « A Houseful of Girls » by Sarah Tytler
- He is an honourable man, and will not seek to evade his liabilities.
- Extract from : « John Frewen, South Sea Whaler » by Louis Becke
- He declared that a newspaper's enemies were its assets, and the newspaper's liabilities its friends.
- Extract from : « In Our Town » by William Allen White
- In allusion to the contraction of debt and other liabilities.
- Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop
- She had already carried out her project of clearing him of his liabilities.
- Extract from : « Hopes and Fears » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Ter meet his liabilities he sold out a quantity of his stock.
- Extract from : « Kiddie the Scout » by Robert Leighton
Antonyms for liabilities
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