total burden

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandburden

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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burden
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɜː.dən/us
/ˈbɝː.dən/
a heavy load that ...
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(Definition oftotalandburdenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftotal burden

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Direct costs of care are high, and direct nonmedical costs and indirect costs represent a large component of thetotalburden.
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However, assessing only the severity of the physical symptoms of nausea and vomiting does not describe thetotalburdenof illness.
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Cost of care is high, with indirect costs representing a large component of thetotalburden.
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In other words, they want to reduce thetotalburdenon our country's finances.
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That will be thetotalburdenon businesses and householders when the provisions take full effect.
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What guarantee is there that thetotalburdenof business rates—currently about £12.5 billion—will not go up by more than the rate of inflation?
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Over a large band of income in the middle reaches, thetotalburdenof taxation is only proportional to income.
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They should easily be able to assess theirtotalburden.
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If that is done, the financial vote of the establishment is put down, unless one increases thetotalburden.
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The scheme will have the effect of reducing thetotalburdenof approved societies from £2,000,000 to £1,000,000 a year.
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Of course, the easiest way out in the long run is for thetotalburdento be borne by national funds.
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The question we will ask in regard to the legislation is what the effect will be on thetotalburdenof taxation.
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Comprised within these three sections was thetotalburdenwhich industry had to bear.
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Thetotalburdenwill increase from £208 million to £281 million.
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I pointed out at that time that we had many assets which materially reduced thetotalburden.
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Again in the interests of not chastising ourselves unduly, it is a good thing to get thetotalburdenof taxation across.
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It is thetotalburdenwith which emigrants must be concerned, as much as the burden of direct taxation.
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There may be different forms of death duty which must be taken into account when looking at thetotalburdenand impact of surtax generally.
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The only effect was to increase not retentions, let alone investment, but thetotalburdenof taxation on companies.
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For the mass of people covered by the range of about £75 a week to £150 a week, thetotalburdenof tax has risen substantially.
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