liabilities

li·a·bil·i·ty  (l-bl-t)

n. pl. li·a·bil·i·ties

1. The state of being liable.

2.

a. Something for which one is liable; an obligation, responsibility, or debt.

b. liabilities The financial obligations entered in the balance sheet of a business enterprise.

3. Something that holds one back; a handicap.

4. Likelihood.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

liabilities - anything that is owed to someone else possession - anything owned or possessed plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one tax liability - the amount of tax owed; calculated by applying the tax rate to the tax base payables - money that you currently expect to pay on notes and accounts deficit - an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit" debt - money or goods or services owed by one person to another charge - financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate" accounts payable - a debtor's accounts of money he owes; normally arise from the purchase of products or services

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liabilities

plural noun debts, expenditure, debit, arrears, obligations, accounts payable

Translations

liabilities [laɪəˈbɪlətɪz] npl → obligaciones fpl; pasivo sg

liabilities [laɪəˈbɪlətɪz] npl (Comm) → obligations fpl, engagements mpl;

(on balance sheet) → passif m

liabilities [laɪəˈbɪlətɪz] npl → debiti mpl;

(on balance sheet) → passivo