noun
Meaning 1
plural of liability
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
liabilities
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: L AY2 AH0 B IH1 L AH0 T IY0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 2
An amount of money that is owed and has to be paid in the future, such as tax, debt, interest, and mortgage payments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
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noun
Meaning 3
The right side of a balance sheet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: accounting, business, finance
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noun
Meaning 4
anything that is owed to someone else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: possession
Narrower terms: tax liability, payables, deficit, debt, charge, accounts payable
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: passius — money
- Hungarian: passzívumok — money
- Hungarian: passzívák — money
- Spanish: pasivos — money
- Chinese Mandarin: 负债 (fùzhài) — the right side of a balance sheet
- Finnish: vastattava — the right side of a balance sheet
- Greek: παθητικό (pathitikó) — the right side of a balance sheet
- Hungarian: Tartozik oldal/rovat — the right side of a balance sheet
- Indonesian: kewajiban — the right side of a balance sheet
- Indonesian: liabilitas — the right side of a balance sheet
- Indonesian: utang — the right side of a balance sheet
- Malay: liabiliti — the right side of a balance sheet
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