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Meanings of burden in English

Portuguese
fardo
Catalan
càrrega
Spanish
peso
Wikidata

An onerous or difficult concern.

        fardo
        Portuguese
        essência
        Catalan
        cor
        Spanish
        esencia
        Wikidata

        The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work.

              essência
              Portuguese
              carregar
              Spanish
              cargar

              Weight down with a load.

                  carregar
                  Portuguese
                  carregar
                  Catalan
                  encarregar
                  Spanish
                  cargar

                  Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.

                        carregar
                        Usage of burden in English
                        1
                        Conclusions: Foodborne diseases result in a large disease burden, particularly in children.
                        Pubmed
                        2
                        Women's state pension age rise: an unfair burden or a necessary reform?
                        The Guardian
                        3
                        However, questionnaire data can be affected by response error and response burden.
                        Pubmed
                        4
                        Conclusions: Obesity rates are leading to a large health and economic burden.
                        Pubmed
                        5
                        Discussion: Patients of free clinics suffer from high burden of chronic conditions.
                        Pubmed
                        6
                        Immigrants do pose a severe burden on particular communities at particular times.
                        The Guardian
                        7
                        Oil and gas industry representatives fear new restrictions will unfairly burden them.
                        Reuters
                        8
                        Introduction: Unscheduled hospital admissions are an increasing burden on health systems worldwide.
                        Pubmed
                        9
                        Background: Aboriginal people in Australia experience significant health burden from chronic disease.
                        Pubmed
                        10
                        Opioid abuse, it adds, has put a growing burden on health services.
                        BBC
                        11
                        Opposition parties said the rise would put a severe burden on families.
                        The Irish Times
                        12
                        He insisted that efforts must continue to reduce the national debt burden.
                        The Irish Times
                        13
                        He said that he had no intentions of increasing Americans' tax burden.
                        Reuters
                        14
                        However, it is hoped that new technologies will help ease the burden.
                        BBC
                        15
                        Conclusions: CLABSIs result in a considerable burden of illness in Quebec ICUs.
                        Pubmed
                        16
                        Yes, 2015 was another year when the personal tax burden was high.
                        The Irish Times
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                        Common
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