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noun
charge levied by government on property, income
Synonyms: assessment, bite, brokerage, capitation, contribution, cost, custom, dues, duty, excise, expense, fine, giveaway, imposition, impost, levy, obligation, pork barrel, price, rate, salvage, tariff, tithe, toll, towage, tribute
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noun
burden
Synonyms: albatross, charge, deadweight, demand, difficulty, drain, duty, imposition, load, millstone, onus, pressure, strain, task, weight
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verb
levy charge on property, income
Synonyms: assess, charge, charge duty, demand, demand toll, enact, exact, exact tribute, extract, impose, lay an impost, rate, require contribution, tithe
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verb
burden
Synonyms: charge, cumber, drain, encumber, enervate, exhaust, lade, load, make demands on, oppress, overburden, overtax, overuse, overwork, press hard on, pressure, prey on, push, put pressure on, saddle, sap, strain, stress, stretch, task, tire, try, weaken, wear out, weary, weigh, weigh down, weigh heavily on, weight
Antonyms: unburden
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verb
accuse
Synonyms: arraign, blame, censure, charge, criminate, impeach, impugn, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, reproach, reprove
Antonyms: exonerate, release