Definitions for liable
ˈlaɪ ə bəlli·able

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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. 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.

2. Kareem Abdul-Jabar:

   Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

3. Katie Fallow:

   The media will sometimes get things wrong, as the Times did here. But as the court and jury found, the Times made a mistake that it corrected within hours, press freedom can't survive without breathing space for these kinds of mistakes, as the Supreme Court recognized more than half a century ago. Holding the Times liable here would have significantly reduced that breathing space and chilled press freedom.

4. Senator Creighton:

   It just sends the wrong message, it sends a message that the best physicians in America should not practice in Texas because... you have to consider that you could be held liable just for doing your job correctly.

5. John Locke:

   Tis a Mistake to think this Fault [tyranny] is proper only to Monarchies; other Forms of Government are liable to it, as well as that. For where-ever the Power that is put in any hands for the Government of the People, and the Preservation of their Properties, is applied to other ends, and made use of to impoverish, harass, or subdue them to the Arbitrary and Irregular Commands of those that have it: There it presently becomes Tyranny, whether those that thus use it are one or many.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=liable
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Liable
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=liable
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liable
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liable
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=liable