English Online Dictionary. What means liability? What does liability mean?
English
Etymology
From liable + -ity.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laɪəˈbɪlɪti/
- Hyphenation: li‧abil‧ity
Noun
liability (countable and uncountable, plural liabilities)
- An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
- Coordinate term: asset
- (accounting) Any item recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet.
- Antonym: asset
- 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.
- Coordinate term: asset
- (informal, mildly derogatory) A person on a team that is more of a hindrance than a help.
- The likelihood of something happening.
- The condition of being susceptible to something.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- alibility