{
    "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."
}