as in debt
something (as money) which is owed
your liabilities total about $200,000
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Recent Examples of liabilities
Tricolor’s filing said that its liabilities range between $1 billion and $10 billion, but also listed assets in the same range.
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Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
The agreement encompasses billions in cash and stock, in addition to SpaceX taking on some of EchoStar’s debt liabilities.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Mortgage liabilities were not deducted from these values.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
This creates the potential for additional refund liabilities stretching into hundreds of billions more—a cascading series of fiscal obligations that Treasury markets would need to absorb over the coming years.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Vice Group Holding filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 15, 2023 and had at the time liabilities in the range of between $500 million and $1 billion.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
In its filing, Spirit listed its assets and liabilities of between $1 billion and $10 billion.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
Current liabilities were reported at $5,898, while stockholders' equity was $22,494.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 25 Mar. 2025
There's no guarantee that the private sector is willing to pick up either the capital expenditure or the operation and maintenance (much less the legal liabilities) of some 122 weather radars, 16 satellites, 15 ships and 10 airplanes.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
The agreement encompasses billions in cash and stock, in addition to SpaceX taking on some of EchoStar’s debt liabilities.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Mortgage liabilities were not deducted from these values.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
This creates the potential for additional refund liabilities stretching into hundreds of billions more—a cascading series of fiscal obligations that Treasury markets would need to absorb over the coming years.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Vice Group Holding filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 15, 2023 and had at the time liabilities in the range of between $500 million and $1 billion.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
In its filing, Spirit listed its assets and liabilities of between $1 billion and $10 billion.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
Current liabilities were reported at $5,898, while stockholders' equity was $22,494.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 25 Mar. 2025
There's no guarantee that the private sector is willing to pick up either the capital expenditure or the operation and maintenance (much less the legal liabilities) of some 122 weather radars, 16 satellites, 15 ships and 10 airplanes.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liabilities
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Added to that, the British economy is sluggish and loaded with debt, and Starmer’s chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has no obvious options for raising revenues in her November budget, having ruled out tax hikes on working people in the election campaign.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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Since the state issues debt denominated in dollars, the national debt is not the same as household debt.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Similar American drone sales to the UAE and Qatar will likely proceed once Washington reinterprets its obligations under that 1987 treaty, and will probably exceed the number China has sold to the region to date.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Live records could also be a way of fulfilling a contractual obligation (too many examples to cite) or a way to mollify fans who were going to have to wait a while for another studio record (Fleetwood Mac’s 1980’s concert record, which bridged the gap between Tusk and Mirage).—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Liabilities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liabilities. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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