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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liabilities
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
Noun
  • 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 26 Sep. 2026.

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