liable
adjective /ˈlaɪəbl/
/ˈlaɪəbl/
[not before noun]- liable (for something) legally responsible for paying the cost of something
- You will be liable for any damage caused.
- The court ruled he could not be held personally liable for his wife's debts.
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec1- Partners are jointly and severally (= together and individually ) liable for a partnership's debts.
- She's fully liable for the company's debts.
- They could be found liable for the entire amount.
- Under this rule, if Y is employed by X, X will be vicariously liable for the actions of Y.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- remain
- …
- strictly
- fully
- potentially
- …
- for
- liable to do something likely to do something
- We're all liable to make mistakes when we're tired.
- The bridge is liable to collapse at any moment.
- liable to something likely to be affected by something synonym prone
- You are more liable to injury if you exercise infrequently.
- liable to something likely to be punished by law for something
- Offenders are liable to fines of up to $500.
- Advertisers pretending to be private individuals will be liable to prosecution.
- liable for/to something | liable to do something having to do something by law
- People who earn under a certain amount are not liable to pay tax.
- At 60, he was no longer liable for conscription.
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps from Anglo-Norman French, from French lier ‘to bind’, from Latin ligare.