The phrase "a certain liability" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific type of risk or obligation that is not precisely defined but is acknowledged in a particular context.
Example: "In this business venture, we must consider a certain liability that could affect our overall profitability."
Alternatives: "a specific risk" or "a particular obligation."
BAG's purchase of a certain liability marks the starting point, and the completion of the workout-process marks the end of the workout-process for a debtor.
Still, when you've risen to the highest perch at the nation's largest private bank with the wealthiest clientele, there's a certain liability in appearing, shall we say, too self-effacing.
With that great power, came a certain liability.
One model for suicidal behavior is as a complex trait, which occurs when the joint effect of many risk and protective genetic variants, together with an environmental contribution, crosses a certain liability threshold.
This model assumes that behaviour, e.g. problem alcohol use, will occur only if an individual's position on the liability distribution for that behaviour is above a certain liability threshold [ 36].
Orr's assertion that the city's pension funds have a $3.5bn shortfall is an "estimate, very different from the certain liability of a financial debt, based on calculations that use extreme assumptions that depart from most cities' and states' general practice," he writes.
The new letter of credit level -- $123,646,182 -- is needed, the Department explains, as such letters "cover certain liabilities if a school closes at a time other than at the end of an academic period.
The franchise model allows companies like CKE to outsource restaurant operations ― and certain liabilities ― while retaining a portion of the profits.
Clark/Bardes said late Wednesday that it paid $19.5 million in cash and 250,000 shares of common stock, and assumed certain liabilities for Pearl Meyer, an executive-compensation consulting firm based in New York.
In late April, Kaufman and Sherrod Brown, of Ohio, introduced an amendment to Dodd's bill that would limit certain liabilities of banks to two per cent of the U.S. gross domestic product.
The Base Acquisition Corporation, a subsidiary of Value City Department Stores, said yesterday that it would acquire the assets and certain liabilities of the Filene's Basement discount retail chain for an undisclosed sum.
