as in debt
something (as money) which is owed
your liabilities total about $200,000
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Recent Examples of liabilities
Creditors face uncertainty as assets may be sold piecemeal and contested, potentially yielding less than an orderly liquidation—especially given FSS’s significant long-term liabilities.
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
In the Gilded Age, inflating assets and understating liabilities was standard practice across a booming system.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
And the law did include several measures that, at first glance, appeared to reduce seniors’ financial liabilities, especially their out-of-pocket costs.
—Robert Goldberg, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
The company has between $100,000 and $500,000 in liabilities, the documents continued.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Forced by competition and driven by profit Despite the warnings, the attractiveness of higher returns remains powerful, particularly for insurers and pension managers facing long-term liabilities.
—Ganesh Rao,karen Tso, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
But in the early years, most are building liabilities.
—Anuradha Gupta, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Mortgage liabilities were not deducted from those valuations.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
Tricolor’s filing said that its liabilities range between $1 billion and $10 billion, but also listed assets in the same range.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
In the Gilded Age, inflating assets and understating liabilities was standard practice across a booming system.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
And the law did include several measures that, at first glance, appeared to reduce seniors’ financial liabilities, especially their out-of-pocket costs.
—Robert Goldberg, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
The company has between $100,000 and $500,000 in liabilities, the documents continued.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Forced by competition and driven by profit Despite the warnings, the attractiveness of higher returns remains powerful, particularly for insurers and pension managers facing long-term liabilities.
—Ganesh Rao,karen Tso, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
But in the early years, most are building liabilities.
—Anuradha Gupta, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Mortgage liabilities were not deducted from those valuations.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
Tricolor’s filing said that its liabilities range between $1 billion and $10 billion, but also listed assets in the same range.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liabilities
Noun
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Rite Aid first filed for bankruptcy in October 2023, largely because of competition from bigger chains and its debt pile, which topped $4 billion due to expensive legal battles for allegedly filling unlawful opioid prescriptions.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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The math problem To be sure, Dalio’s framework stresses that not all debt is created equal.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The city’s obligations with the Civic had ended when its lease expired the month before.—
Ashley Hiruko,
ProPublica,
6 Oct. 2025
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Dalio’s debt-cycle warning Dalio has spent decades studying how countries borrow, boom, and then buckle under the weight of their obligations.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Liabilities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liabilities. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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