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1 burden
['bə:dn] 1. noun1) (something to be carried: He carried a heavy burden up the hill; The ox is sometimes a beast of burden (= an animal that carries things).) břemeno2) (something difficult to carry or withstand: the burden of taxation.) břímě, tíha2. verb(to put a responsibility etc on (someone): burdened with cares.) zatěžovat, obtěžovat* * *• zatížit• přítěž• břemeno -
2 land with
(to burden (someone) with (an unpleasant task): She was landed with the job of telling him the bad news.) uložit, pověřit -
3 tax
[tæks] 1. noun1) (money, eg a percentage of a person's income or of the price of goods etc taken by the government to help pay for the running of the state: income tax; a tax on tobacco.) daň2) (a strain or burden: The continual noise was a tax on her nerves.) zátěž2. verb1) (to make (a person) pay (a) tax; to put a tax on (goods etc): He is taxed on his income; Alcohol is taxed.) zdanit2) (to put a strain on: Don't tax your strength!) přetěžovat•- taxable- taxation
- taxing
- tax-free
- taxpayer
- tax someone with
- tax with* * *• zdaňovat• zdanit• poplatek• daň• daňový -
4 millstone
1) (one of the two large, heavy stones used in an old-fashioned mill for grinding grain.) mlýnský kámen2) ((usually with round one's/the neck) something that is a heavy burden or responsibility, and prevents easy progress: He regarded his brother as a millstone round his neck.) mlýnský kámen na krku* * *• přítěž• mlýnský kámen -
5 weigh
[wei] 1. verb1) (to find the heaviness of (something) by placing it on a scale: He weighed himself on the bathroom scales; You must have your luggage weighed at the airport.) vážit (se)2) (to be equal to in heaviness: This parcel weighs one kilo; How much / What does this box weigh?) vážit3) (to be a heavy burden to: She was weighed down with two large suitcases.) zatížit, obtížit•- weight2. verb1) (to attach, or add, a weight or weights to: The plane is weighted at the nose so that it balances correctly in flight.) zatížit2) (to hold down by attaching weights: They weighted the balloon to prevent it from flying away.) zatížit•- weightlessness
- weighty
- weightily
- weightiness
- weighing-machine
- weightlifting
- weigh anchor
- weigh in
- weigh out
- weigh up* * *• vážit• mít váhu
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burden with — phr verb Burden with is used with these nouns as the object: ↑responsibility … Collocations dictionary
burden with — make weighty, put a burden on; pressure, oppress … English contemporary dictionary
burden — noun 1 responsibility/worry ADJECTIVE ▪ enormous, great, heavy, huge, onerous, significant, substantial, terrible, tremendous ▪ … Collocations dictionary
burden — Synonyms and related words: Spenserian stanza, accommodation, add, adjoin, affix, afflict, affliction, agglutinate, agitate, albatross, allegiance, amount, anacrusis, annex, antistrophe, append, arraignability, arraignableness, assigned task,… … Moby Thesaurus
burden — bur‧den [ˈbɜːdn ǁ ˈbɜːrdn] noun [countable] 1. something that causes people a lot of difficulty or worry: • In less prosperous areas the taxes were, for many, such a burden that they lived in poverty. 2. particular costs such as taxes or interest … Financial and business terms
burden — n *load, cargo, freight, lading burden vb Burden, encumber, cumber, weigh, weight, load, lade, tax, charge, saddle are comparable when they mean to lay a heavy load upon or to lie like a heavy load upon a person or thing. Burden implies the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
burden of proof — bur·den of proof: the responsibility of producing sufficient evidence in support of a fact or issue and favorably persuading the trier of fact (as a judge or jury) regarding that fact or issue the burden of proof is sometimes upon the defendant… … Law dictionary
burden of persuasion — burden of per·sua·sion / pər swā zhən/: the responsibility of persuading the trier of fact (as a judge or jury) that the existence of a fact or element (as of an offense or affirmative defense) is more probable than not compare standard of proof… … Law dictionary
burden — bur·den n 1: something that is a duty, obligation, or responsibility the prosecution has the burden of proving every element of the offense the statute imposes undue burden s burden of pleading the necessary elements 2 … Law dictionary
Burden — Bur den (b[^u] d n), n. [Written also burthen.] [OE. burden, burthen, birthen, birden, AS. byr[eth]en; akin to Icel. byr[eth]i, Dan. byrde, Sw. b[ o]rda, G. b[ u]rde, OHG. burdi, Goth. ba[ u]r[thorn]ei, fr. the root of E. bear, AS. beran, Goth.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Burden of proof — Burden Bur den (b[^u] d n), n. [Written also burthen.] [OE. burden, burthen, birthen, birden, AS. byr[eth]en; akin to Icel. byr[eth]i, Dan. byrde, Sw. b[ o]rda, G. b[ u]rde, OHG. burdi, Goth. ba[ u]r[thorn]ei, fr. the root of E. bear, AS. beran,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
