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   liable

   /ˈlʌɪəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. responsible by law; legally answerable: "the credit-card company is liable for any breach of contract" Similar responsiblelegally responsibleaccountableanswerablechargeableblameworthyat faultculpablesubjectguiltyfaultycensurableOpposite exemptunaccountable
   • ▪ subject by law to: "non-resident trustees are liable to the basic rate of tax"
   • 2. likely to do or to be something: "patients were liable to faint if they stood up too suddenly" Similar likelyinclinedtendingdisposedaptpredisposedpronegiveninformal:on the cardsOpposite unlikely
   • ▪ likely to experience (something undesirable): "areas liable to flooding" Similar exposedopenpronesubjectsusceptiblevulnerablein danger ofat risk ofat the mercy ofOpposite immuneabove

   Word Origin late Middle English: perhaps from Anglo-Norman French, from French lier ‘to bind’, from Latin ligare.

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2. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishLIABLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   This use occurs often in formal writing but not to the exclusion of use in contexts in which the outcome is desirable: The drop in unemployment is liable to stimulate the economy. apt may also be used in place of liable or likely in all the foregoing examples.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryliable | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   liable meaning: 1. to be likely to do something: 2. legally responsible: . Learn more.

4. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishliability noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English. [countable, usually singular] (informal) a person or thing that causes you a lot of problems. Since his injury, Jones has become more of a liability than an asset to the team.

5. en.bab.la › dictionary › englishLIABLE - Definition in English - bab.la

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   (with infinitive) likely to do or to be something patients were liable to faint if they stood up too suddenly liable to likely to experience (something undesirable) areas liable to flooding word origin late Middle English: perhaps from Anglo-Norman French, from French lier ‘to bind’, from Latin ligare

6. www.britannica.com › dictionary › liabilityLiability Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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   LIABILITY meaning: 1 : the state of being legally responsible for something the state of being liable for something; 2 : something (such as the payment of money) for which a person or business is legally responsible usually plural.

7. www.wordreference.com › enit › liableliable - Dizionario inglese-italiano WordReference

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   liable adj. (legally responsible) (che risponde di [qlcs]) responsabile agg. I'm happy to install the update on your computer, but if anything goes wrong, I won't be liable. Installo volentieri l'aggiornamento sul tuo computer, ma se qualcosa va storto io non sono responsabile. be liable for [sth] v expr.