Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See encumbrance, encumbrancer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check.
- noun (Law) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
burden ; a thing that must becarried . - noun law an
interest ,right ,burden , orliability attached to atitle ofland , such as alien ormortgage .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
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Examples
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But where? without going to the Western Country, I am unable, as yet to decide; as the best, if not all the Land I have on the East side of the Aleghanies are under Leases, or some kind of incumbrance or another.
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If you have an ambition to do anything in the world, or to be anything more than a plodding character in the tide of human life, see to it that the man whom you are to marry is one who is competent to aid you in the attainment of noble and useful things, instead of being an "incumbrance" and a hinderance.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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If she have children, the estate is considered to belong to them, while she is but an "incumbrance" upon it.
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Matilda Joslyn Gage 1863
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The costume of the East certainly does not exaggerate the fatal progress of time; if a figure becomes too portly, the flowing robe conceals the incumbrance which is aggravated by a western dress; he, too, who wears a turban has little dread of grey hairs; a grizzly beard indeed has few charms, but whether it were the lenity of time or the skill of his barber in those arts in which Asia is as experienced as Europe, the beard of the master of the divan became the rest of his appearance, and flowed to his waist in rich dark curls, lending additional dignity to a countenance of which the expression was at the same time grand and benignant.
Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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I have there taken a small, genteel business — the profits of which will be no incumbrance.
Letter 300 2009
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It's not an incumbrance or anything, so it makes sense ...
Red-Band Horror: Bloody Trailers for Survival of the Dead and [REC] 2 | /Film 2010
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If (sorry, when) Pakistan falls, it will allow the West (and India) a freer hand in tackling extreme Islamists without the incumbrance of a useless and venal 'ally'.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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If (sorry, when) Pakistan falls, it will allow the West (and India) a freer hand in tackling extreme Islamists without the incumbrance of a useless and venal 'ally'.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Yet far from finding comfort in this addition to her family, Mrs Harrel proved to her nothing more than a trouble and an incumbrance; with no inherent resources, she was continually in search of occasional supplies; she fatigued Cecilia with wonder at the privacy of her life, and tormented her with proposals of parties and entertainments.
Cecilia 2008
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But the length of its course, even when thus reduced, is still a considerable difficulty, and a great incumbrance on the hypothesis.
The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008
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