单词 | liability |
释义 | liability/lʌɪəˈbɪlɪti /noun (plural liabilities) 1 [mass noun] The state of being legally responsible for something: once you contact the card protection scheme your liability for any loss ends...
Synonyms accountability, responsibility, legal responsibility, answerability; incrimination, blame, blameworthiness, culpability, guilt, onus, fault informal the rap 1.1 [count noun] (usually liabilities) A thing for which someone is responsible, especially an amount of money owed: valuing the company’s liabilities and assets...
Synonyms financial obligation, debt, indebtedness, debit; (liabilities) debts, arrears, dues 2 [usually in singular] A person or thing whose presence or behaviour is likely to put one at a disadvantage: she said the party had become a liability to green politics...
Synonyms hindrance, encumbrance, burden, handicap, nuisance, inconvenience; obstacle, impediment, drawback, drag, disadvantage, weakness, shortcoming, problem, weak spot/point; millstone round one's neck, stumbling block, cross to bear, cross, albatross; Achilles heel; British disbenefit informal minus, fly in the ointment archaic cumber Rhymes |
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