LIABLE Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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liable

[ lahy-uh-buhl ]

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adjective

legally responsible:
You are liable for the damage caused by your action.
Synonyms: ,
subject or susceptible:
to be liable to heart disease.
likely or apt:
He's liable to get angry.

liable

/ 藞濒补瑟蓹产蓹濒 /

adjective

legally obliged or responsible; answerable
susceptible or exposed; subject
probable, likely, or capable
it's liable to happen soon

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Usage Note

Liable is often interchangeable with likely in constructions with a following infinitive where the sense is that of probability: The Sox are liable (or likely ) to sweep the Series. Some usage guides, however, say that liable can be used only in contexts in which the outcome is undesirable: The picnic is liable to be spoiled by rain. 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. apt, likely.

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Usage

The use of liable to to mean likely to was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable

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Derived Forms

藞濒颈补产濒别苍别蝉蝉, noun

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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

苍辞苍路濒颈顎僡路产濒别 adjective
辫谤别路濒颈顎僡路产濒别 adjective
耻苍路濒颈顎僡路产濒别 adjective

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of liable¹

First recorded in 1535鈥�45; from Anglo-French 鈥渢o bind,鈥� from Latin 濒颈驳腻谤别 ) + -able

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of liable¹

C15: perhaps via Anglo-French, from Old French lier to bind, from Latin 濒颈驳腻谤别

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The utility also said that 鈥渓ong settled law and precedent prevent water utilities, and their rate payers, from being liable for wildfire losses.鈥�

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The museum did not comment on who will be held liable for the damage to the 1960 painting, which the gallery reportedly bought in the 1970s.

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Coverage in the national media said Mr Franklin's firm, ADL, could be liable for a 拢200,000 fine if a breach of regulations was to be found.

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The risk for the "boosters" is that they are jointly liable for the mortgage in the event the buyer is unable to make repayments.

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Trump's family business was found liable in 2023 of falsifying records and financial statements in order to get better terms on loans and insurance deals.

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