释义 |
external liability noun[ C,usually plural ] ukuspluralexternal liabilities ACCOUNTING an amount of money that a company owes to lenders or creditors(= people or organizations that have lent it money, or sold it goods), compared to money that is owed to shareholders: The company's restructuring has resulted in a reduction in its external liabilities. ECONOMICS an amount of money that a country owes to another country: A significant part of the country's external debt is short-term external liabilities which, at the end of March, stood at $11.1 billion. |