See Also: rook(medicine)
rook(1)(dictionary)
rook(2)(dictionary)
rook(3)(dictionary)
rook(4)(dictionary)
rook(5)(dictionary)
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liability (oh) and rook(1) (iou)


liability (oh)



[U] legal responsibility for something, especially for paying money that is owed, or for damage or injury
liability for
::Tenants have legal liability for any damage they cause.
liability to
::your liability to capital gains tax
liability to do sth
::The court ruled there was no liability to pay any refund.
liabilities [plural] technical the amount of Debt that must be paid
-opposite assets assets
[singular] someone or something that is likely to cause problems for someone
::A kid like Tom would be a liability in any classroom.
liability to
::The outspoken minister has become a liability to the government.
liability to sth
law the amount that something is likely to be affected by a particular kind of problem, illness etc
-see also limited liability

rook(1) (iou)



rook noun1.
[Old English hroc = Middle & mod. Low German rok, Middle Dutch roec (Dutch roek), Old High German hruoh, Old Norse hrokr, from Germanic, prob. of imit. origin.]
A black raucous-voiced Eurasian bird of the crow family, Corvus frugilegus, which nests in colonies. OE.
a. A greedy or grasping person. derog. E16.
b. A cheat, a swindler, esp. at gambling. slang. L16.
c. A foolish person, a gull. L16-M17.
A crowbar. slang & dial. L18.
Comb.: rook-pie: made with (young) rooks; rook rifle (chiefly Hist.) a small-bore rifle for shooting rooks; rook-worm a worm eaten by rooks; esp. the larva of the cockchafer.
rookish adjective of, pertaining to, or resembling a rook or rooks M18.