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obligations



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And they merely represent the value of those future liabilities discounted to the present — in other words, the money we’d need to set aside today to meet all those future obligations.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

He also concluded the "right to life" legal obligations in Article 2 of the Human Rights Act had been triggered in this case.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Options players are buying volatility in individual stocks so they can sell calls — obligations to buy a stock — to clients, then selling index volatility.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

An independent report, the board argued, wouldn’t disclose any new information, in part because of Palantir’s legal obligations regarding client confidentiality.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

That is, even with this asset to borrow against, Americans were struggling more than ever to meet their obligations.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis



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