[ˈlʌɪəbl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- responsible by law; legally answerable
(e.g: the credit-card company is liable for any breach of contract)

- likely to do or to be something
(e.g: patients were liable to faint if they stood up too suddenly)


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Origin:
late Middle English: perhaps from Anglo-Norman French, from French lier ‘to bind’, from Latin ligare