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belasten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • burden noun A heavy load, or a difficult responsibility or worry someone has to carry.
  • charge noun An amount of money asked for a service or product.
  • encumber verb To load down something with a burden.
  • incriminate verb To provide evidence that someone is guilty of a crime.
  • lade verb To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
  • strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
  • tax noun Money that a government requires people or businesses to pay, used to fund public services.

Senses

belasten is used for these senses in English:

  • charge To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
  • charge To call to account; to challenge.
  • encumber (transitive) To restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment.
  • encumber (transitive) To burden with a legal claim or other obligation.
  • incriminate (transitive) To indicate the guilt of.
  • lade To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
  • strain (transitive) To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
  • tax (transitive) To make excessive demands on.

burden — full definition

  1. noun A heavy load, or a difficult responsibility or worry someone has to carry.
  2. verb To load someone down, literally or figuratively, with a burden.

charge — full definition

  1. noun An amount of money asked for a service or product.
  2. noun A formal accusation that someone has committed a crime.
  3. noun A sudden, forceful rush forward, especially in an attack.
  4. verb To ask someone to pay a particular amount.
  5. verb To formally accuse someone of a crime.

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