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  • 21liability — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Responsibility Nouns 1. liability, liableness, responsibility, possibility, probability, contingency, susceptibility; duty; liabilities, debts (see debt); drawback (see hindrance). See tendency. 2.… …

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  • 22Deadbeat parent — is a term referring to obligor parents of either gender that have freely chosen not to be a financially supportive parent in their children s lives. Primarily used in the US and Canada, the gender specific deadbeat dad and deadbeat mom are… …

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  • 23obligation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. duty, promise; debt; agreement, bond, incumbency, responsibility, liability, indebtedness; contract, mortgage. See compulsion; necessity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. necessity, commitment, burden, debt;… …

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  • 24indebtedness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deficit, responsibility, obligation; see debit , debt 1 , liability 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A condition of owing something to another: arrearage, arrears, debt, liability, obligation. See PAY. 2. Something,… …

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  • 25liability — [n1] answerability, responsibility accountability, accountableness, amenability, amenableness, arrearage, blame, burden, compulsion, culpability, debt, duty, indebtedness, obligation, onus, owing, subjection, susceptibility; concept 645 Ant.… …

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  • 26Arrear — Ar*rear , n. That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes. Locke.… …

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  • 27In arrear — Arrear Ar*rear , n. That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes.… …

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  • 28In arrears — Arrear Ar*rear , n. That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes.… …

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  • 29Bradley Amendment — In United States law, the Bradley Amendment is the common name given to any of a number of amendments offered by Senator Bill Bradley, the most notable of which is the amendment to USC|42|666(a)(9)(c) which requires state courts to prohibit… …

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  • 30capitalize — capitalizable, adj. capitalizer, n. /kap i tl uyz /, v., capitalized, capitalizing. v.t. 1. to write or print in capital letters or with an initial capital. 2. to authorize a certain amount of stocks and bonds in the corporate charter of: to… …

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