liability.
An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
Meaning & usage
An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone. Any kind of debt recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet.
A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk.
A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk. A person on a team that is more of a hindrance than a help.
You're a bloody liability sometimes!
The likelihood of something happening.
The condition of being susceptible to something.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English liable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English liability From liable + -ity.
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