burdens

8 definitions • 18 examples

a heavy load that you carry:

heavy burden The little donkey struggled under its heavy burden.

something difficult or unpleasant that you have to deal with or worry about:

the burden of responsibility

heavy burden I'm afraid this role may have become too much of a heavy burden for you.

burden to My elderly mother worries that she's a burden to me.

burden on We need to avoid putting a burden on taxpayers with this project.

financial burden Buying a house often places a large financial burden on young couples.

to trouble someone with something difficult or unpleasant:

burden someone with something I don't want to burden you with my problems.

The irony of it is that the new tax system will burden those it was intended to help.

a duty or responsibility that is hard to bear:

I don’t want to be a burden on my children.

to give someone problems, trouble, or responsibilities:

He was burdened with debts.

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

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