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[ noun ] an onerous or difficult concern
Synonyms Examples "the burden of responsibility" "that's a load off my mind" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)`` Failure to do this will continue to place a disproportionate burden '' on Fulton taxpayers . (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)Bankers who had been reluctant to lend without better security than the house itself got that security from the U._S. government ; householders who had been unable to pick_up the burden of short-term high interest mortgages found they could borrow for twenty-five years at 4 per_cent , under government aegis . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)In_time , these minor manifestations will multiply and effloresce , riddling you with frambesia , the king's_evil , sheep_rot , and clonic spasm , until your very existence becomes a burden and you cry_out_for release . Related terms |
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[ noun ] weight to be borne or conveyed
Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)A Yank , disturbed by his increasing corpulence , wrote : `` I am growing so fat I am a burden 2 myself '' . |
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[ verb ] weight down with a load
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2327
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[ noun ] the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
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