What's the difference between liable and rateable?
Liable
Definition:
(v. t.) Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
(v. t.) Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ACT’s opposition leader, Jeremy Hanson, said during Tuesday’s debate that the uncertainty surrounding the new same-sex marriage regime created significant problems for couples, and he suggested the territory could be liable to compensation if it pushed ahead of the tolerance of the commonwealth, rather than waiting for the legalities to be settled.
(2) The possibility of being liable if an incompetent student becomes registered and causes harm is also discussed.
(3) The pathologist should be aware that he is still liable for errors induced by the technician, even without having the possibility of responsibility or any supervision.
(4) More suppliers have told the Guardian of extensive negotiations with Amazon staff in Slough, adding to the impression that the company carries out important trading activities in the UK and so could be liable for tax.
(5) From these facts, it was concluded that the follicular, as well as acanthomatous, ameloblastoma is liable to undergo squamous differentiation, whereas the plexiform ameloblastoma remains in primitive stage of tumor differentiation.
(6) Folch extraction before phospholipid assay was found to be unnecessary and, unless fresh samples are used, it is liable to give misleadingly low values.
(7) The Düsseldorf Supreme Court ruled on 30 January 1986 that the respondent was liable to compensation.
(8) This combination of factors renders old people particularly liable to develop disorders of water homeostasis during episodes of acute or chronic ill health.
(9) David Tracey claims the lack of a standard policy is liable to create a system that is "arbitrary, variable between hospitals and open to abuse" – and, in the case of his wife, failed to offer "a minimum degree of protection" of her human rights.
(10) In this investigation no single factor was discriminatory and it was not possible to predict with any degree of certainty those kidneys liable to delayed function or to non-function.
(11) Both, stimulatory and inhibitory effects of naloxone are not liable to represent noticeable side-effects of this drug, but they both might play some role in the mechanisms of precipitated abstinence.
(12) If you are now liable for bedroom tax, for example, you could share a picture of your 'spare' bedroom and tell us how you use it.
(13) This flow of funding is liable to stop at some point, provoking an old-fashioned sterling crisis .
(14) On Friday, Hacked Off called for an urgent correction to one of the major sticking points for Fleet Street: the unintended vulnerability of the amateur blogger who, due to "bad government drafting", could have found themselves liable for exemplary damages.
(15) Demented patients were more liable to be placed in an institution, as were unmarried or widowed persons and people unable to prepare their own meals.
(16) Consequently, plaque-covered resin restorations may be liable to pronounced surface staining.
(17) He said Assange remained in breach of his bail conditions, adding: "Failing to surrender would be a further breach of conditions and he is liable to arrest."
(18) It would also be beneficial to analyze prognostic variables so that patients liable to an unfavorable outcome could be identified before commencement of treatment.
(19) Some have speculated that it may be a clever trap because, if the children are liable for capital gains tax and are forced to sell their shares, the only person they can sell to is a lineal descendent of Lang Hancock – that is, Gina Rinehart.
(20) Chemotherapeutic regimens that are toxic to rapidly dividing malignant cells, are liable to be particularly harmful to lymphoid tissues, bone marrow and the epithelium of the gastrointestinal tract.
Rateable
Definition:
(a.) See Ratable.
Example Sentences:
(1) So far, so bad – plus, I share some sympathy with the view that the Uber rating system, which sees both driver and passenger mark each other out of five at the end of the journey, reduces a human moment to a rateable transaction.
(2) Under the proposal, large retail outlets with a rateable value in excess of £500,000 would have to pay an extra business levy of up to 8.5%.
(3) A £1,000 business rates discount this year for pubs with a rateable value of less than £100,000, which the chancellor said would cover 90% of Britain’s pubs.
(4) I can announce it will be extended so that, for 2010-11, empty commercial properties with a rateable value below £18,000 will be exempt from business rates.
(5) Although 36,000 pubs have a rateable value of less than £100,000, pubs that are part of chains such as Wetherspoons will have their discount restricted due to EU state-aid laws.
(6) The chancellor said that 90% of all pubs had a rateable value of less than £100,000.
(7) Philip Hammond announced in the budget on Wednesday that pubs with a rateable value of less than £100,000 would receive a £1,000 discount on their business rates bill this year.
(8) He also increased a discount for high street businesses with a rateable value up to £50,000, including shops, pubs and cafes, to £1,500 from £1,000 at present.
(9) He continued the current scheme which exempts businesses with a rateable value of £6,000 and then offers tapered relief for those valued up to £12,000.
(10) Rateable values are set independently by the Valuation Office Agency, which uses a widely accepted method to assess NHS hospitals.
(11) He also said the government needed to come up with a “fair” way of determining the appropriate rateable value for “sheds masquerading as shops”.
(12) If digital businesses pay their fair share, we can reset tax burden on those businesses that are based in properties.” The Society of Independent Brewers said: “The £1,000 reduction in business rates for pubs with a rateable value below £100,000 is welcome support for the sector, although much more needs to be done.
(13) It found there are just under 40,000 properties in England described as public houses and 3,700 of these have a rateable value of more than £100,000, meaning they do not qualify for the discount.
(14) Pubs will received a £1,000 discount on their rates provided they have a rateable value of less than £100,000 (the Treasury says this is roughly 90% of all pubs).
(15) Patients who showed enhanced 5-HT induced aggregation showed less rateable psychopathology and less extrapyramidal side-effects than patients who did not show enhancement.
(16) Occupants of England’s 50 most valuable business premises, with a total rateable value of £1.36bn, will be charged a combined sum of £672m, according to calculations by the rates campaigner Paul Turner-Mitchell.
(17) A spokesperson said: “Increases in rateable values [of the hospitals] and the liabilities [tax bill] are largely due to a hike in building costs and tender prices for new hospitals, part removal of age and obsolescence allowances for hospital buildings built in the 60s and 70s, a removal of multi-floor allowances, the inclusion of multi-storey car parks, and long stay exemptions for patients sectioned under the Mental Health Act and for those patients whose length of stay exceeds 60 days.” However, local authorities, which receive around half of the revenues raised from business rates , defended taxing hospitals and pledged to fight attempts for them to be re-registered as charities.
(18) The levy will only apply to businesses whose rateable property value is worth more than £50,000.