liability 音标拼音: [l
, ɑɪəb'ɪlɪti]
n . 责任,债务,倾向
责任,债务,倾向
liability n 1 :
the state of being legally obliged and responsible 2 :
an obligation to pay money to another party [
synonym :
{
indebtedness }, {
liability }, {
financial obligation }]
3 :
the quality of being something that holds you back [
ant :
{
asset }, {
plus }]
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[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
The state of being liable ;
as ,
the liability of an insurer ;
liability to accidents ;
liability to the law .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
That which one is under obligation to pay ,
or for which one is liable .
Specifically ,
in the pl .,
the sum of one '
s pecuniary obligations ; --
opposed to {
assets }.
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Limited liability }.
See {
Limited company },
under {
Limited }.
[
1913 Webster ]
126 Moby Thesaurus words for "
liability ":
a thing for ,
accountability ,
accountableness ,
accounts payable ,
accounts receivable ,
affinity ,
amenability ,
amount due ,
answerability ,
answerableness ,
aptitude ,
aptness ,
arrearage ,
arrears ,
bad debts ,
barrier ,
bent ,
bias ,
bill ,
bills ,
borrowing ,
burden ,
cast ,
chance ,
charges ,
chits ,
conatus ,
conduciveness ,
damage ,
debit ,
debt ,
dedication to duty ,
defenselessness ,
delight ,
detriment ,
devotion to duty ,
diathesis ,
disadvantage ,
disposition ,
drawback ,
due ,
dues ,
duteousness ,
dutifulness ,
eagerness ,
encumbrance ,
expectation ,
exposure ,
fair expectation ,
favorable prospect ,
feeling for ,
financial commitment ,
floating debt ,
funded debt ,
good chance ,
handicap ,
harm ,
helplessness ,
hindrance ,
hitch ,
hurt ,
impairment ,
impediment ,
inclination ,
incumbency ,
indebtedness ,
indebtment ,
injury ,
leaning ,
likelihood ,
likeliness ,
liking ,
loss ,
loss of ground ,
maturity ,
mischief ,
nakedness ,
national debt ,
nonimmunity ,
obligation ,
obstacle ,
obstruction ,
odds ,
onus ,
openness ,
outlook ,
outstanding debt ,
penchant ,
pledge ,
predilection ,
predisposition ,
prejudice ,
presumption ,
presumptive evidence ,
probabilism ,
probability ,
proclivity ,
proneness ,
propensity ,
prospect ,
public debt ,
readiness ,
reasonable ground ,
reasonable hope ,
responsibility ,
responsibleness ,
score ,
sense of duty ,
sense of obligation ,
sensitivity to ,
snag ,
soft spot ,
step backward ,
susceptibility ,
tendency ,
tropism ,
turn ,
twist ,
uncollectibles ,
unfulfilled pledge ,
verisimilitude ,
vulnerability ,
warp ,
weakness ,
well -
grounded hope ,
willingness LIABILITY .
Responsibility ;
the state of one who is bound in law and justice to do something which may be enforced by action .
This liability may arise from contracts either express or implied ,
or in consequence of torts committed .
2 .
The liabilities of one man are not in general transferred to his representative '
s further than to reach the estate in his hands .
For example ,
an executor is not responsible for the liabilities of his testator further than the estate of the testator which has come to his hands .
See Hamm .
on Part .
169 ,
170 .
3 .
The husband is liable for his wife '
s contracts made dum sola ,
and for those made during coverture for necessaries ,
and for torts committed either while she was sole or since her marriage with him ;
but this liability continues only during the coverture ;
as to her torts ,
or even her contracts made before marriage ;
for the latter ,
however ,
she may be sued as her executor or administrator ,
when she assumes that character .
4 .
A master is liable for the acts of his servant while in his employ ,
performed in the usual course of his business ,
upon the presumption that they have been authorized by him ;
but he is responsible only in a civil point of view and not criminally ,
unless the acts have been actually authorized by him .
See Bouv .
Inst .
Index ,
h .
t .;
Driver ;
Quasi Offence ;
Servant .
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