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burden

burden bur‧den [ˈbɜːdn ǁ ˈbɜːrdn] noun [countable]

1. something that causes people a lot of difficulty or worry:

• In less prosperous areas the taxes were, for many, such a burden that they lived in poverty.

2. particular costs such as taxes or interest payments seen as a problem, especially when they are high:

• the burden of local rates that each company located in the area must pay

• New regulations can put a heavy cost burden on small businesses.

• The rise in the US tax burden (= the amount of tax that people and companies have to pay ) has not been due to military spending, but to welfare.

• They want a $10,000 limit on deductions for state and local income taxes as a way to increase the tax burden on the rich.

ˈdebt ˌburden ECONOMICS

the amount of debt that a business or country has; = DEBT LOAD:

• a major restructuring by the company to cut its $500 million debt burden

3. LAW a duty that someone has legally or officially promised to do:

• The holder of the bill of lading would assume the burden (= take the responsibility ) of becoming subject to contractual liabilities.

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burden UK US /ˈbɜːd^ən/ noun [C]

► a difficult situation or unpleasant responsibility that you must deal with or worry about: ease/lighten/reduce the burden (on sb) »By training additional staff, management could significantly ease the burden on its over-worked personnel.
heavy/big/enormous burden »I sympathize with the heavy burden of paperwork they have to deal with.
»the administrative/legal burden

► the responsibility of paying money that you owe, or the large amount of money that you owe: bear/carry/assume the burden (for sth) »If the new law is passed, tax payers will assume the burden for rising energy costs.
financial/economic burden »He proposed that the state accept the financial burden.
»a tax/mortgage/loan burden

→ See also DEBT BURDEN(Cf. ↑debt burden)

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burden UK US /ˈbɜːd^ən/ verb [T]

► to make someone responsible for something that is very difficult, unpleasant, or expensive to deal with: be burdened with/by sth »Borrowers are already burdened with mortgage extras such as arrangement fees and life assurance cover.
»a nation burdened by heavy unemployment

Financial and business terms. 2012.