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• n  an onerous or difficult concern

• Now, however, the Clinton visit arguably puts the onus of international diplomacy back on the Obama Administration, which came into office very much wanting to engage the North.
• Meanwhile, the vote increases the onus on the fence sitters to go beyond merely criticizing the President and show voters they have a constructive agenda of their own.
• The onus for paying now shifts to the taxpayers, who will cover $700 million, or more than 50 percent, of the fund's budget.

• burden
• load
• encumbrance
• incumbrance

News & Articles

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• Pressure on to finish farm bill
  A day after the Senate passed a five-year, $500 billion farm bill for the second consecutive year, top agriculture officials put the onus on the House not to drop the ball again.
  June 12, 2013 - The Des Moines Register
• Pressure on to finish farm bill
  A day after the Senate passed a five-year, $500 billion farm bill for the second consecutive year, top agriculture officials put the onus on the House not to drop the ball again.
  June 12, 2013 - The Des Moines Register
• Grassley puts pressure on House to complete farm bill
  A day after the Senate passed a five-year, $500 billion farm bill for the second consecutive year, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley put the onus on his colleagues in the House not to drop the ball again.
  June 11, 2013 - The Des Moines Register

Quotes

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• Kevin Garnett in AFP
  I look forward to going home and playing,Garnett said. "It's going to be like coming into the amazon, into the jungle. The onus is on us. We've definitely got to win in game six and come out and set our feet in the cement, so to speak,...
• Ban Ki-moon in The Hindu
  The onus is on you,Mr Ban said, referring to Mr Ahmadinejad, "and you have not satisfied the requirements of the international community that your nuclear development program is for peaceful purposes, as you claim."
• Denzel Washington in FOXNews
  What's going on with children doesn't worry me. What's going on with adults worries me. If we are not more committed to these young people ...... they will go as far as we take them, so the onus is on us, not on the children,Washington told...