Burden
a burden (noun) - a responsibility, a difficult thing that must be done, a heavy load to carrya heavy burden
a crippling burden
an economic burden
the economic burden has fallen on all the businesses in the region
an administrative burden
a financial burden
the subsidies eased the financial burden a bit
a tax burden
the burden of high taxation
future generations will certainly be relieved of a heavy debt burden
carry a burden
bear a burden
she carries the greatest burden of responsibility in the department
put down a burden lay down a burden
a beast of burden
an unnecessary burden
shoulder a burden
she shouldered the burden of childcare after her husband left her
lift the burden
shift the burden to someone else
share the burden with someone else
a burden for the whole family
the burden the poor beast was carrying already
she had not realised how heavy the burden had been till it was lifted.
lack of funding rather than lack of freedom that was the main burden for British writers
a burden of debt
granted a privileged relationship in return for a full share in the burden of supporting economic development
tried to avoid placing an undue burden on manufacturing industry
the director's burden of deciding what to accept
I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and discharge my duties as the heir to the throne without the help and support of the woman I now loathe
this puts a new burden on the credit user
this would impose an unjustifiable and harmful burden on all citizens
the new team will carry the main burden of coordinating policies.
Example sentences:
* After she had told them of the intolerable burden she bore, they sat helplessly while she flung herself face-downwards on the sofa and sobbed into the cushions.
* By the time this column is read the curtain may have fallen on the empire created by George Walker, finally defeated by a £1.5bn debt burden.
* It was lack of funding rather than lack of freedom that was the main burden for British writers and artists in this period.
* Carrying a tent where mountain huts are prolific may seem an unnecessary burden, but it allows total flexibility and we soon discovered the benefits of camping where we chose.
* The Inspectorate tried to avoid placing an undue burden on manufacturing industry.
* She had not realised how heavy the burden had been till it was lifted.
* You must believe me when I tell you that I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and discharge my duties as the heir to the throne without the help and support of the woman I now loathe.
* This puts a new burden on the credit user, the need to decide not to use a form of credit, or stop using it, instead of the need to decide to use it.
* The EFTA countries, the richest countries in Europe as a group, would be granted a privileged relationship in return for a full share in the burden of supporting the economic development of Eastern and Southern Europe.
* If this practice is abolished, future generations will certainly be relieved of a heavy burden.
* Subsistence pensions could only be paid on retirement; failure to do this would impose an unjustifiable and harmful burden on all citizens below that age.
* Paralleling the Commission was the Council of Ministers, the organ of the national governments, which was to carry the main burden of coordinating policies.
