Antonyms for liabilities

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lahy-uh-bil-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˌlaɪ əˈbɪl ɪ ti

Definition of liabilities

Origin : 1790, originally a term in law; "condition of being legally liable;" see liable + -ity. General sense is from 1809; meaning "thing for which one is liable" is first attested 1842. Related: Liabilities.

noun answerability, responsibility
noun burden, debt
noun chance, probability

Example sentences :

If arrested, they can have no claim to exemption from the liabilities of criminals.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

Its liabilities were small, it was merely in want of ready-money.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

The most intangible of assets and the most unescapable of liabilities.
Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall

The liabilities thus frankly stated, let us turn to the assets.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

How was he to pay up the liabilities of his bank shares from his dwindling practice?
Extract from : « A Houseful of Girls » by Sarah Tytler

He is an honourable man, and will not seek to evade his liabilities.
Extract from : « John Frewen, South Sea Whaler » by Louis Becke

He declared that a newspaper's enemies were its assets, and the newspaper's liabilities its friends.
Extract from : « In Our Town » by William Allen White

In allusion to the contraction of debt and other liabilities.
Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop

She had already carried out her project of clearing him of his liabilities.
Extract from : « Hopes and Fears » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Ter meet his liabilities he sold out a quantity of his stock.
Extract from : « Kiddie the Scout » by Robert Leighton

Synonyms for liabilities

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