liable
IPA: ɫˈaɪʌbʌɫ
adjective
- bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
- subject; susceptible.
- exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
- (as predicate, with "to" and an infinitive) likely.
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Examples of "liable" in Sentences
- \ "Arianna argued that although Beck may not be legally liable, he is \" morally liable\ "for the violence and anger his show may provoke.
- Ryan also recommended the increase in Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. guarantees that's now an agreed item, and introduced the proposal to suspend mark-to-market accounting rules, which he describes as liable to throw banks into "a death spiral" because no market now exists for their assets.
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