burden
bur duhn
- n an onerous or difficult concern
the burden of responsibility - n weight to be borne or conveyed
- n the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- n the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
- v weight down with a load
- v impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- Mindful of Michigan's unemployment burden, the State Department, working with nongovernment refugee-resettlement agencies, places most of the newcomers in other states, like .
- Their burden keeps getting heavier.
- The government is caught between a crushing debt burden and an enraged electorate.