burden of expense
collocation in Englishmeaningsofburdenandexpense
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burden
noun[C]
uk/ˈbɜː.dən/us/ˈbɝː.dən/
a heavy load that ...
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expense
noun
uk/ɪkˈspens/us/ɪkˈspens/
the use of money, time, ...
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(Definition ofburdenandexpensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Apart from the extraburdenofexpensethat they place on an employer of whatever size, they are particularly harmful to smaller businesses.
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If it were in the area of the original trading standards officer, he would have theburdenofexpensein following it up.
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Will he consider that very seriously, because of the heavyburdenofexpenseon those widows who maintain separate establishments for themselves?
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There is a danger of putting such aburdenofexpenseand administration upon them that they will be forced out of business.
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This regulation will impose, as it seems to me, aburdenofexpenseand time upon small business.
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They cannot be prepared to fight a thermo-nuclear war, a cold war and local wars without involving an enormousburdenofexpense.
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Nothing will be saved unless those administrators move elsewhere or sell their services, thus taking theburdenofexpenseaway from the local taxpayer.
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We are also building up an enormousburdenofexpensefor future generations, and we ought to be aware of it.
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That only increases theburdenofexpense.
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Then there is theburdenofexpense.
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