What does liable mean?

Definitions for liable
ˈlaɪ ə bəlli·able

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word liable.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. apt(p), liable(p)adjective

    at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant

    "he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to forget"

  2. liable(p)adjective

    subject to legal action

    "liable to criminal charges"

  3. liable(p), nonimmune, nonresistant, unresistantadjective

    (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with

    "liable to diabetes"

  4. liableadjective

    held legally responsible

    "men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service"

Wiktionary

  1. liableadjective

    Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.

    The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.

  2. liableadjective

    Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable.

  3. liableadjective

    Likely.

    Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Liablenoun

    Obnoxious; not exempt; subject.

    Etymology: liable, from lier, old French.

    But what is strength without a double share
    Of wisdom? vast, unwieldy, burthensome,
    Proudly secure, yet liable to fall
    By weakest subtleties. John Milton, Agonistes.

    The English boast of Edmund Spenser and John Milton, who neither of them wanted genius or learning; and yet both of them are liable to many censures. John Dryden, Juvenal.

    This, or any other scheme, coming from a private hand, might be liable to many defects. Jonathan Swift.

Wikipedia

  1. liable

    In law, liable means "responsible or answerable in law; legally obligated". Legal liability concerns both civil law and criminal law and can arise from various areas of law, such as contracts, torts, taxes, or fines given by government agencies. The claimant is the one who seeks to establish, or prove, liability.

ChatGPT

  1. liable

    Liable refers to being legally responsible or answerable for an action or situation. It often pertains to financial or legal obligations that may arise as a result of one's actions or negligence.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Liableverb

    bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal

  2. Liableverb

    exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Liable

    lī′a-bl, adj. able to be bound or obliged: responsible: tending to: subject: (Shak.) exposed: suitable.—ns. Liabil′ity, state of being liable: that for which one is liable, an obligation, debt, &c.; Lī′ableness, state of being liable.—Employers' Liability Act, an enactment (1880) making employers answerable to their servants for the negligence of those to whom they have delegated their authority; Limited liability, a principle of modern statute law which attempts to limit the responsibilities of shareholders in a partnership, joint-stock company, &c., by the extent of their personal interest therein. [Fr. lier—L. ligāre, to bind.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'liable' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4063

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'liable' in Adjectives Frequency: #551

Anagrams for liable »

  1. labile

  2. alible

  3. Biella

  4. belial

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of liable in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of liable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of liable in a Sentence

  1. Benjamin Netanyahu:

    In coming weeks, the powers are liable to reach a framework agreement with Iran, an agreement liable to leave Iran as a nuclear threshold state, something that would chiefly imperil the existence of the State of Israel, as prime minister of Israel, I am obligated to make every effort to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weaponry that will be aimed at the State of Israel. This effort is global and I will go anywhere I am invited to make the State of Israel's case and defend its future and existence.

  2. Richard Hasen:

    For the campaign finance violation to be criminal, prosecutors would have to prove a wilful violation, if Trump did not know that he was violating campaign finance laws by directing the spending he would not be criminally liable.

  3. Bernie Sanders:

    Look George, if you have a small gun shop owner in Northern Vermont who sells a gun legally to somebody and then, you know, something happens to that guy, he goes nuts or something, and he kills somebody, should the gun shop owner be held liable? I think not.

  4. Marcy Keckler:

    If something happens, Tracy Stewart could be independently liable for both of Tracy Stewart bills and Tracy Stewart ’ll have no place to go if Tracy Stewart break up.

  5. Jeff Scott:

    The fruit is in cold storage so it’s not rotting but shipments are being moved from port to port to try and avoid delays and Australian farmers will be liable for that costs.

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Translations for liable

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  • яуаплыBashkir
  • responsable, subjecteCatalan, Valencian
  • neigend, haftpflichtig, fehlbar, unterworfen, haftend, haftbarGerman
  • responsableSpanish
  • responsableFrench
  • aansprakelijk, verantwoordelijkDutch
  • podatnyPolish
  • responsável, passívelPortuguese
  • răspunzător, pasibil, responsabilRomanian
  • ответственный, уязвимый, обязанный, склонный, подверженныйRussian
  • รับผิดชอบThai

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