liabilities

NOUN

answerability, responsibility

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accountability burden culpability debt duty obligation

STRONG

amenability amenableness blame compulsion indebtedness onus subjection susceptibility

WEAK

accountableness arrearage owing

Antonyms

WEAK

asset irresponsibility unaccountability

NOUN

burden, debt

Synonyms

STRONGEST

damage inconvenience involvement loan mortgage obligation responsibility

STRONG

IOU account baggage balance bite chance chit contingency contract debit disadvantage drag drawback due encumbrance handicap hindrance impediment indebtedness lease millstone minus misfortune nuisance onus pledge possibility remainder tab

WEAK

arrear arrearage bad news indebtment

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advantage benefit profit

STRONG

aid assistance blessing certainty help

WEAK

asset irresponsibility unaccountability

NOUN

chance, probability

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exposure

STRONG

likelihood openness proneness susceptibility tendency vulnerability

WEAK

vulnerableness

Antonyms

WEAK

asset irresponsibility unaccountability

Example Sentences

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Liabilities include mortgages, student loan debt and car loans.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2023

Liabilities include two 30-year mortgages, each listed between $5 million and $25 million, as well as a line of credit pegged at $5 million to $25 million.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2022

Liabilities at industrial firms were up 8.5% year-on-year at the end of June, versus the 8.2% growth seen at the end of May.

From Reuters • Jul. 27, 2021

Liabilities: The flip side of being a pragmatist is that you can look like you’re playing small ball while everyone else is swinging for the fences.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2019

He went into the Bankruptcy Court and Scheduled $73,000 of Liabilities, the Assets being a Hat-Box and a Set of Theatrical Posters.

From More Fables by Ade, George