In a sentence
Six example sentences with liability, each labelled with its topic.
The pension is a liability the company must fund for forty years, whatever happens to next quarter's revenue.
Finance
Buyers walked away once the audit revealed a tax liability larger than the warehouse they were trying to acquire.
Business
The contract shifts every repair liability onto the tenant, who now owes for a roof she never chose.
Law
Unfunded pensions are the largest liability on the state's books, bigger than every road and school bond combined.
Economics
The convertible note sits on the balance sheet as a liability until the next round turns it into shares.
Startups
The stadium bonds remain a liability for taxpayers, with payments running twenty years past the team's move.
Politics
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Found in 8 published word lists
- Business Word List (part 1)Authoritative
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- GregMat 960 GRE WordsRecognized
- SparkNotes 1000 SAT WordsRecognized
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