liabilities

plural of liability
as in debt
something (as money) which is owed your liabilities total about $200,000

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Recent Examples of liabilities But the state still carries more than $30 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, one of the largest burdens, per capita, in the nation, and isn’t expected to finish paying that off until well into the 2040s. Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 Clause lets you and your partner answer questions together related to liabilities, assets, goals, property, businesses and more. Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026 Across day-to-day commitments, financial and transfer debts, payments due to players and tax authorities and plenty more besides, the club’s liabilities due to be paid in 2026-27 total €905million, unmoved from a year ago. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Shareholder equity, or book value, is a measure of a company’s assets minus liabilities. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 When Newsom first took office in 2019, PG&E was in bankruptcy as a result of the company’s massive liabilities from the death and destruction those fires wrought. Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Edison is now also facing billions in potential liabilities due to the January 2025 fires, with the utility already receiving a 9% rate hike last year, partially driven by projects to mitigate the fire risks posed by its transmission lines. Ava Hu, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 For communities carrying hundreds of millions of dollars in unfunded retiree-health liabilities, that is not a marginal improvement. David Kornwitz, Boston Herald, 8 Sep. 2026 Make sure old liabilities are not still sitting on the balance sheet after they have been paid off. Joseph Lustberg, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
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Noun
  • At the time, Mayor Christopher Clark said that the city was $164 million in debt due to a combination of factors, including a trail of expensive scandals left by predecessor Eric Kellogg, and chronically low tax collection rates.
    A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The Apollo investment is a combination of debt and equity in Yankee Global Enterprises (YGE), and the Steinbrenners and some LP stakeholders sold some of their shares.
    Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2026
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  • However, the secondary TV networks do not have any obligation to provide content to third parties.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
  • But also know that no one is under any obligation to answer questions about their body, even at a gym.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

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“Liabilities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liabilities. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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