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incurring

Meanings
  • Verb

    Subject to incurring or causing to incur a charge, debt, or loss.

Synonyms

contract , encounter , occasion
Rhymes
Words rhyming with incurring
curing , luring , spuring
Variants
List of all variants of incurring that leads to same result
incur , incurred , incurring , incurs
Etymology
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From the Old French 'incurre', meaning 'to run against, encounter'.

Trivia
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  1. The term 'incurring' is often used in legal documents and contracts.

  2. Incurring can also be used as a noun to refer to the act of incurring a debt or obligation.

Related Concepts
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  1. debt: Incurring often results in debt, which is an amount of money owed by one party to another.

  2. liability: Incurring also results in liability, which is the legal responsibility for paying a debt or damages.

Quotes
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  1. To be too good-looking is sometimes to "incur" the dislike, if not the hatred, of the ordinary-looking.

    - Joseph Epstein,{it}The Middle of My Tether{/it},1983

  2. Shakespeare … took plots and characters from wherever he pleased, rarely acknowledging sources, and he saw so little sanctity in his own words that anyone could print them who cared to "incur" the expense—which did not include royalties to Shakespeare.

    - Walter Kendrick,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},29 Oct. 1989

  3. Submitting students to the rigors of learning seemed only to "incur" the wrath of many of them …

    - Ben Marcus,{it}Time{/it},8 Jan. 2001
Culture
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Incurring is often used in legal contexts to refer to the act of becoming responsible for a debt or obligation. It can also be used more generally to refer to the act of causing or encountering a loss or expense.

How to Memorize "incurring"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize the act of encountering or running into a situation that results in a debt or loss.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'incurring' with the idea of taking on a debt or responsibility.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'In Currency, Understand Responsibility' to remember the meaning of 'incurring'.

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