"encumbrance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈkʌm.bɹəns/, /ɛn-/, /-bɹən(t)s/ Forms: encumbrances [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English encombraunce, from Old French encombrance, from encombrer. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|encombraunce}} Middle English encombraunce, {{der|en|fro|encombrance}} Old French encombrance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} encumbrance (countable and uncountable, plural encumbrances)
  1. Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (burden): бреме (breme) [neuter] (Bulgarian), товар (tovar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), byrde [common-gender] (Danish), belastning [common-gender] (Danish), hindring [common-gender] (Danish), hæmsko [common-gender] (Danish), taakka (Finnish), Belastung [feminine] (German), dingliche Belastung [feminine] (German), teher (Hungarian), megterhelés (Hungarian), súly (Hungarian), ബാധ്യത (bādhyata) (Malayalam), whakararu (Maori), hūnuku (english: refers to family members) (Maori), belastning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), obciążenie [neuter] (Polish), börda (Swedish), mesuliyet (Turkish), sorumluluk (Turkish), yük (Turkish), engel (Turkish), دەردىسەر (derdiser) (Uyghur), سېلىق (sëliq) (Uyghur), تاپ (tap) (Uyghur)
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  2. Alternative spelling of incumbrance (“in law: interest attached to a title; dependent”). Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: incumbrance (extra: in law: interest attached to a title; dependent) Translations (interest, right, burden or liability): ипотека (ipoteka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), rasite (Finnish), Verschuldung [feminine] (German), Schuldenlast [feminine] (German), Grundstückslast [feminine] (German), teher (Hungarian), megterhelés (Hungarian), jelzálog (Hungarian), കുടിക്കടം (kuṭikkaṭaṁ) (Malayalam), obciążenie [neuter] (Polish), borç (Turkish), ipotek [law] (Turkish), llyffethair [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-encumbrance-en-noun-8UAXOb9Q Disambiguation of 'interest, right, burden or liability': 38 58 3
  3. The state or condition of being encumbered. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-encumbrance-en-noun-0IP9-Yhf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: encumberment, incumbrance [uncommon] Derived forms: disencumbrance, encumbrancer, overencumbrance

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈkʌm.bɹəns/, /ɛn-/, /-bɹən(t)s/ Forms: encumbrances [present, singular, third-person], encumbrancing [participle, present], encumbranced [participle, past], encumbranced [past]
Etymology: From Middle English encombraunce, from Old French encombrance, from encombrer. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|encombraunce}} Middle English encombraunce, {{der|en|fro|encombrance}} Old French encombrance Head templates: {{en-verb}} encumbrance (third-person singular simple present encumbrances, present participle encumbrancing, simple past and past participle encumbranced)
  1. (law) To apply an encumbrance to (property, etc.). Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-encumbrance-en-verb-huCar-y3 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: incumbrance [uncommon]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Some consideration was necessary to decide whether or not to leave his rifle there. On the return, carrying the girl and a pack, it would be added encumbrance[…]",
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        "since about 1925"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "breme",
      "sense": "burden",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "taakka"
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      "sense": "burden",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Belastung"
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      "sense": "burden",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "teher"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "megterhelés"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "súly"
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      "roman": "bādhyata",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "ബാധ്യത"
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      "sense": "burden",
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      "sense": "burden",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "burden",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "burden",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "mesuliyet"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "sorumluluk"
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      "code": "ug",
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      "roman": "derdiser",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "دەردىسەر"
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      "code": "ug",
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      "roman": "sëliq",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "سېلىق"
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      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "tap",
      "sense": "burden",
      "word": "تاپ"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ipoteka",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Verschuldung"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Schuldenlast"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "word": "teher"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "word": "jelzálog"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kuṭikkaṭaṁ",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "word": "കുടിക്കടം"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "obciążenie"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "word": "borç"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
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      "word": "ipotek"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "interest, right, burden or liability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "To apply an encumbrance to (property, etc.)."
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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈkʌm.bɹəns/"
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        "since about 1925"
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}

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