Plural of liability
regular plural
The plural of liability is liabilities.
Forms of liability
| Singular | liability /laɪəˈbɪlɪti/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | liabilities |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Liabilities in a sentence
- Those products – known as liability-driven investing, or LDIs – help offset liabilities and risks on pension funds’ books.2022 September 29, Kalyeena Makortoff, Sarah Butler, “‘I’d never seen anything like it’: how market turmoil sparked a pension fund...
- The assets must equal liabilities, otherwise there is an error in your balance sheet.From the entry assets
- The company had been understating its liabilities for years.From the entry understate
- His assets are much greater than his liabilities.From the entry assets
- There are penalties for nondeclaration of tax liabilities.From the entry nondeclaration
Meaning of liability
- noun An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
- noun Any kind of debt recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet.
- noun 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.
Questions about the plural of liability
- What is the plural of liability?
- The plural of liability is liabilities.
- Is liability countable?
- Liability is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: liability (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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