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{
"term": "liable",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "legally responsible for paying the cost of something",
"sensetop": "liable (for something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You will be liable for any damage caused."
},
{
"text": "The court ruled he could not be held personally liable for his wife's debts."
},
{
"text": "Partners are jointly and severally (= together and individually ) liable for a partnership's debts."
},
{
"text": "She's fully liable for the company's debts."
},
{
"text": "They could be found liable for the entire amount."
},
{
"text": "Under this rule, if Y is employed by X, X will be vicariously liable for the actions of Y."
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
"adverb": ["strictly", "fully", "potentially"],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "likely to do something",
"sensetop": "liable to do something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We're all liable to make mistakes when we're tired."
},
{
"text": "The bridge is liable to collapse at any moment."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "likely to be affected by something",
"sensetop": "liable to something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You are more liable to injury if you exercise infrequently."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "likely to be punished by law for something",
"sensetop": "liable to something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Offenders are liable to fines of up to $500."
},
{
"text": "Advertisers pretending to be private individuals will be liable to prosecution."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "having to do something by law",
"sensetop": "liable for/to somethingliable to do something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "People who earn under a certain amount are not liable to pay tax."
},
{
"text": "At 60, he was no longer liable for conscription."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪəbl/",
"audio": "li/liable/liable__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪəbl/",
"audio": "li/liable/liable__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: perhaps from Anglo-Norman French, from French lier ‘to bind’, from Latin ligare."
}