encumbrance
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English encombraunce, from Old French encombrance, from encombrer.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ɪnˈkʌm.bɹəns/, /ɛn-/, /-bɹən(t)s/
encumbrance
- Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
- 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC ↗:
- 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 […]
. - The state or condition of being encumbered.
- German: Belastung, dingliche Belastung
- German: Verschuldung, Schuldenlast, Grundstückslast
encumbrance (encumbrances, present participle encumbrancing; simple past and past participle encumbranced)
- (legal) To apply an encumbrance to (property, etc.).
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