belasting — meaning in English

English meaning

• burdensomeness noun The state or quality of being burdensome.
• load verb To put a quantity of goods, cargo, or material onto or into something for transport or storage.
• tax noun Money that a government requires people or businesses to pay, used to fund public services.

Senses

belasting is used for these senses in English:

• burdensomeness The state or quality of being burdensome.
• load The volume of work required to be performed.
• tax Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).

load — full definition

1. verb To put a quantity of goods, cargo, or material onto or into something for transport or storage.
2. verb To fill a weapon with ammunition, ready it can be fired.
3. verb To transfer data or a program from storage into a computer's working memory, or for a webpage/app to open and become ready.
4. noun The amount of something being carried, supported, or dealt with.

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