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obligations

NOUN

responsibility

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accountability agreement bond burden commitment constraint contract debt duty liability necessity need promise requirement right trust understanding

STRONG

IOU business call cause charge chit committal compulsion conscience debit devoir dues engagement must occasion onus part place restraint

WEAK

accountableness due bill ought

Antonyms

STRONGEST

asset disagreement disbelief irresponsibility misunderstanding

STRONG

freedom unemployment

Example Sentences

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The company’s remaining performance obligations more than quadrupled year-over-year to $638 billion, up $85 billion from the previous quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

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

The company faced about $1.7 billion in annual obligations tied to its preferred-share instruments, which are hybrid securities that sit above common stock and typically require regular dividend payments to investors, according to public filings.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

But it’s time to think about the opportunity as well as the pain, just as it’s time to think about the obligations of off-shoring as well as the opportunities...

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman