burden

Definition of burden in English English dictionary: To encumber with a burden (in any of the noun senses of the word); A cause of worry; A heavy load
There were four or five men in the vault already, and I could hear more coming down the passage, and guessed from their heavy footsteps that they were carrying burdens.; A responsibility, onus; Theme, core idea; {f} load; weigh down; The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin; {n} a load, weight, birth, capacity of a ship; {v} to load, encumber, lay upon, oppress; "usually a synonym for Overhead" ref Szonyi; The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden; A birth; To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes; The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain; weight down with a load; That which is borne or carried; a load; an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"; Usually a synonym for overhead; That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive; The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace; A burden is a heavy load that is difficult to carry; the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse weight down with a load; Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer; A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds; the choric line or lines that signal the end or the beginning of a stanza in a carol or hymn; an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse weight down with a load; The electrical load taken from a circuit by measuring instruments expressed in volt-amps (VA) or watts In current transformers burden in VA is the maximum the transformer can support while operating within its rated accuracy; Overhead expenses distributed over appropriate direct labor and/or material base; the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work; If someone burdens you with something that is likely to worry you, for example a problem or a difficult decision, they tell you about it. We decided not to burden him with the news. see also beast of burden; the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse; A club; If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work. The developing countries bear the burden of an enormous external debt Her death will be an impossible burden on Paul The financial burden will be more evenly shared; The drone of a bagpipe; weight to be borne or conveyed; – The distance in feet from an explosive charge, in the direction of relief, to the nearest free or open face; things that are difficult to do; Overhead or fixed costs; known as "burden rate" when expressed on per hour or similar time basis; impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"; A burden is a heavy load which is difficult to carry; -Load imposed by an electronic or electrical device on the measured input circuit, expressed in volt-amps; The central topic or principle idea, often repeated in a refrain (See also Motif, Theme); (in the Statistics window) number which estimates the average number of items that have to be repeated daily; {i} load; weight; capacity, volume; The total mass of a gaseous substance of concern in the atmosphere; To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable); Overhead expenses distributed over appropriate direct labor and/or material base See also Indirect Costs For projects, the burden includes all costs not directly associated with tasks, such as project management costs; To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load
burden of persuasion: The duty upon a party in a legal proceeding to persuade the fact-finder to decide for that party on an assertion of fact; part of the burden of proof, sometimes loosely used as synonym for that term
burden of production: The duty upon a party in a legal proceeding to introduce enough evidence relating to an assertion of fact to have the issue be considered by the fact-finder rather than summarily dismissed or decided; part of the burden of proof
burden of proof: The duty of a party in a legal proceeding to prove an assertion of fact; it includes both the burden of production and the burden of persuasion; the onus probandi
burden of proof: The responsibility of proving a disputed charge or allegation
burden of proof: the duty of proving a disputed charge
burden of proof: responsibility of proving, responsibility that is laid upon one of the sides of a court case to prove a specific issue
burden of responsibility: load of a duty or obligation
burden rate: (Ticaret) A percentage or fixed-dollar amount that allocates department or product overhead expenses to production on a labor hour, machine hour. labor dollar, material dollar or unit basis. (syn: overhead rate)
burden with: make weighty, put a burden on; pressure, oppress
beast of burden: A draught animal that carries or pulls heavy loads, such as a donkey, mule, or ox
beast of burden: Any domesticated animal trained to perform tasks for humans, such as a herding dog or trained falcon
beasts of burden: plural form of beast of burden
burdened: Simple past tense and past participle of burden
debt burden: The debt of a country, when large enough that servicing it has become difficult
debt-burden: Attributive form of debt burden, noun
white man's burden: The supposed responsibility of European people to govern and care for their colonial subjects
excess burden: (Ekonomi) In economics, the excess burden of taxation, also known as the distortionary cost or deadweight loss of taxation, is one of the economic losses that society suffers as the result of a tax
excess burden: (Ekonomi) Deadweight loss, distortionary cost
excess burden of taxation: (Ekonomi) In economics, the excess burden of taxation, also known as the distortionary cost or deadweight loss of taxation, is the economic loss society suffers as the result of a tax, over and above the revenue it collects. Distortions occur because people or firms change their behaviour in order to reduce the amount of tax they must pay. Excess burdens can be measured using the average cost of funds or the marginal cost of funds (MCF)
excess burden of taxation: (Ekonomi) In economics, the excess burden of taxation, also known as the distortionary cost or deadweight loss of taxation, is one of the economic losses that society suffers as the result of a tax
Burden of proof: onus
The White Man's Burden: famous poem about imperialism (by Rudyard Kipling); euphemism for imperialism (used to describe white man's self-imposed "duty" to civilize undeveloped countries)
a burden: burthen
beast of burden: ox or cattle used to pull heavy loads
beast of burden: an animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work
beast of burden: A beast of burden is an animal such as an ox or a donkey that is used for carrying or pulling things. An animal, such as a donkey, ox, or elephant, used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work. an animal that does heavy work
burdened: bearing a physically heavy weight or load; "tree limbs burdened with ice"; "a heavy-laden cart"; "loaded down with packages"
burdened: bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities; "she always felt burdened by the load of paper work"
burdened: past of burden
burdened: If you are burdened with something, it causes you a lot of worry or hard work. Nicaragua was burdened with a foreign debt of $11 billion They may be burdened by guilt and regret
burdened: emphasis If you describe someone as burdened with a heavy load, you are emphasizing that it is very heavy and that they are holding it or carrying it with difficulty. Anna and Rosemary arrived burdened by bags and food baskets
burdened: bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities; "she always felt burdened by the load of paper work
burdening: present participle of burden
burdens: third-person singular of burden
burdens: plural of burden
carried the burden: bore the weight, took the burden upon himself
debt burden: A debt burden is a large amount of money that one country or organization owes to another and which they find very difficult to repay. the massive debt burden of the Third World
heavy burden: great load, massive weight, weighty responsibility
imposing a heavier tax burden: raising taxes
pecuniary burden: financial burden, spending which causes financial difficulties
relieving the tax burden: reduction in the level of taxation
shouldered the burden: did not avoid the task, fulfilled his obligation
tax burden: burden of taxes that the government imposes upon its citizens
the burden of adducing evidence: legal duty of displaying evidence that is imposed upon one of the parties in a trial
the burden of convincing: obligation placed on one side of a lawsuit to persuade that their story is correct
the burden of proof lies with: one side is responsible for presenting evidence and proving his claim
transfer of the burden: moving the burden of evidence or burden of proof to the other side of a court trial
unnecessary burden: load that is more than needed, burden that is not needed
white man's burden: {i} expected responsibility of white people Europeans to rule and impose their apparently advanced civilization and culture to nonwhite people
white man's burden: The supposed or presumed responsibility of white people to govern and impart their culture to nonwhite people, often advanced as a justification for European colonialism
white man's burden: the supposed responsibility of the white race to take of their non-white subjects