burden
Example Sentences
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At the end of each year, some investors will decide to sell some of their stocks at a loss to offset other gains booked during the year and ease their capital-gains-tax burdens.
From MarketWatch
Saks has struggled financially since taking on the debt burden in 2024, and the luxury retail chain’s delays in paying vendors have contributed to weaker merchandise offerings—and sales.
At year’s end, investors sell their losers to lower their capital-gains tax burden — harvesting losses to offset gains.
From MarketWatch
“I remember asking him how he was doing, he had a lot of pressure and burden,” she recounted.
I also use medication, and like Beata I do not see it as a burden or a stigma.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.