2. be/get burned informal to lose a lot of money in a business deal, usually because it involves a high risk:
• A lot of investors got burned buying junk bonds which turned out to be worthless.
3. burn your fingers/get your fingers burnt informal to suffer from the results of an unsuccessful business activity:
• Since burning their fingers on 100% lending that turned into bad debt, lenders have been limiting borrowing to 75% of the property's value.
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burn UK US /bɜːn/ verb (past tense burned, past tense UK also burnt)
► [T] IT to copy information, recorded music, images, etc. onto a CD: burn sth to/onto sth »
The service allows consumers to download a movie, but not to burn it onto a DVD.
Financial and business terms. 2012.