Definitions for "Burden"
Keywords:  chorus, refrain, drone, bagpipe, stanza
The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer.
The drone of a bagpipe.
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
That which is borne or carried; a load.
That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.
The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
The distance in feet from an explosive charge, in the direction of relief, to the nearest free or open face.
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
A challenge which one encounters on one's path to Transition. According to the Piers philosophy, destiny has ensured that one will not be given a burden greater than that which one can bear.
Keywords:  cod, lbs, weighing, difficulty, salt
a way around that difficulty
A unit of measure often used for salt fish. Perhaps around 30 cod, weighing c. 60lbs.
A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
the impact or consequence of having the responsibility of caring for someone (most frequently with dementia).
any result of a medical treatment or procedure that has a negative impact on a patient’s life and/or health.
Keywords:  tin, lie, stream, heads, work
The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
Keywords:  club
A club.
(in the Statistics window) number which estimates the average number of items that have to be repeated daily: burden = 1/I(1)+1/I(2)+ ... + 1/I(n) where: I(n) - current interval of the n-th item
For this report, burden is the average number of new cases and deaths that occurred during a given time period.
Keywords:  birth
A birth.
Keywords:  unpaid, debt, tax, property, mortgage
Any debt that the property might have, such as a mortgage or an unpaid tax.
An obligation which runs with the ownership of the property, the details of which are found in the title deed. (See title deed)
Keywords:  real, see
See " Real burden".