burden

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♦ bur|den /b'ɜːrdən/ (burdens burdening burdened)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft N of/on n
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.
2 [N-COUNT]
A burden is a heavy load that is difficult to carry. (FORMAL)
3 [VERB] V n with n, also V n
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.
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see also beast of burdenbeast of bur|den (beasts of burden)
[N-COUNT]
A beast of burden is an animal such as an ox or a donkey that is used for carrying or pulling things.debt bur|den (debt burdens)
[N-COUNT]
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.

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