Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
costs — Ⅰ. costs [plural] (also legal costs) ► LAW the money that helps pay for the lawyers and the court in a legal case, usually paid by the person or organization that has lost the case: »They were fined $50,000 and ordered to pay $10,000 in costs. →… … Financial and business terms
incur */ — UK [ɪnˈkɜː(r)] / US [ɪnˈkɜr] verb [transitive] Word forms incur : present tense I/you/we/they incur he/she/it incurs present participle incurring past tense incurred past participle incurred 1) to lose money, owe money, or have to pay money as a… … English dictionary
incur — in|cur [ ın kɜr ] verb transitive * 1. ) to experience something unpleasant as a result of something you have done: Each stage of the process incurs an additional risk. incur someone s wrath/displeasure (=make someone angry): I do not wish to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
incur — in‧cur [ɪnˈkɜː ǁ ˈkɜːr] verb incurred PTandPPX incurring PRESPARTX [transitive] FINANCE if you incur a cost, a debt, or a fine, you do something that means that you lose money or have to pay money: • The foundry has been operating at less than… … Financial and business terms
incur expenses — I verb assume liability for, be responsible for, bear the expense, disburse, expend, outlay, pay for, pay the costs, pick up the tab II index bear the expense, disburse (pay out) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. Wi … Law dictionary
incur — in|cur [ınˈkə: US ˈkə:r] v past tense and past participle incurred present participle incurring [T] formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: incurrere to run into , from currere to run ] 1.) if you incur a cost, debt, or a fine, you have to pay… … Dictionary of contemporary English
incur — 01. My boss has furnished me with a generous budget to cover any costs I [incur] while on business out of town. 02. You will be liable for any debts [incurred] if you sign this agreement. 03. You can expect to [incur] a fair amount of debt the… … Grammatical examples in English
incur — /ɪn kɜ:/ verb to make yourself liable to something ♦ to incur the risk of a penalty to make it possible that you risk paying a penalty ♦ the company has incurred heavy costs to implement the expansion programme the company has had to pay large… … Dictionary of banking and finance
break costs — United Kingdom In the context of lending, the economic cost to a lender whenever a loan is repaid, cancelled or purchased on a date other than the last day of an interest period. A lender may incur costs as a result of meeting its matched funding … Law dictionary
Sunk costs — In economics and business decision making, sunk costs are retrospective (past) costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered. Sunk costs are sometimes contrasted with prospective costs, which are future costs that may be incurred… … Wikipedia
