liability has definitions from the fields of law,finance,writing,business
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[ noun ] possession that is owed to someone else

Used in print

(Legislation on Foreign Relations. Committee on Foreign...)

Nothing in the Title shall be construed as the assumption of any liability by the United_States for the payment or satisfaction , in whole or in part , of any claim on behalf of any national of the United_States against any foreign government .

2
[ noun ] the state of being legally obliged and responsible

Used in print

(A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)

If word_classes differ in their resistance or liability to stem replacement within meaning slot , it is conceivable that individual meanings also differ with fair consistence trans lingually .

3
[ noun ] (law,finance,writing,business) an obligation to pay money to another party

Synonyms

indebtedness

4
[ noun ] the quality of being something that holds you back
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