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What does it mean to say a business has limited liability?

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That means the owners are protected from company failure because the company is legally considered a separate entity. It blends the features of a partnership with a traditional corporation. LLC is a US term for this, but other countries have their own version. Germany has a GmBh and KG, and a US LLC is somewhere in the middle of those.

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