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passività

liability

noun pahs-see-vee-TAH Rare
People & Society Money

Also means

passiveness

Usage Note

Passività is invariable in the plural (like all -tà nouns). In accounting it means 'liabilities' — the debts of a business — and contrasts with attività ('assets'). In a psychological sense it means 'passiveness' or 'inertia.' The accounting plural le passività (liabilities) is very common in financial Italian.

Examples

"Le passività superano le attività dell'azienda."

Natural Translation

The liabilities exceed the assets of the company.

Literal Translation

The liabilities surpass the assets of-the company.

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