Encumbrance
101load — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. burden; cargo, lading, shipment; charge. See gravity, transportation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A physical burden] Syn. weight, encumbrance, carload, wagonload, hindrance, shipload, parcel, pressure,… …
102Hindrance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Hindrance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 prevention prevention preclusion obstruction stoppage Sgm: N 1 embolus embolus Sgm: N 1 interruption interruption interception interclusion| Sgm: N 1 hindrance …
103incumbrance — (n.) see ENCUMBRANCE (Cf. encumbrance) …
104load — [n1] cargo, freight amount, bale, bundle, capacity, charge, consignment, contents, encumbrance, goods, haul, heft, hindrance, lading, mass, pack, parcel, part, payload, shipment, shot, weight; concepts 338,432 load [n2] burden, pressure… …
105encumber — To effect or suffer an encumbrance. See encumbrance …
106junior encumbrancer — A person holding a lien or encumbrance which is in point of priority in law to another lien or encumbrance …
107dead weight — noun 1. an oppressive encumbrance • Hypernyms: ↑burden, ↑load, ↑encumbrance, ↑incumbrance, ↑onus 2. a heavy motionless weight • Hypernyms: ↑weight …
108cum´ber|er — cum|ber «KUHM buhr», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. = encumber. (Cf. ↑encumber) 2. Obsolete. to overwhelm, harass, or confound. –n. 1. = encumbrance. (Cf. ↑encumbrance) 2. Obsolete. trouble, distress, or embarrassment. ╂[probably < Old French combrer… …
109cum|ber — «KUHM buhr», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. = encumber. (Cf. ↑encumber) 2. Obsolete. to overwhelm, harass, or confound. –n. 1. = encumbrance. (Cf. ↑encumbrance) 2. Obsolete. trouble, distress, or embarrassment. ╂[probably < Old French combrer impede… …
110cum|brance — «KUHM bruhns», noun. = encumbrance. (Cf. ↑encumbrance) …