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  1. transitive verb To acquire or come into (something usually undesirable); sustain: incurred substantial losses during the stock market crash.
  2. transitive verb To become liable or subject to as a result of one's actions; bring upon oneself: incur the anger of a friend.

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  • Other state constitutions or laws strictly limit the amount of debt a state may incur, and the proposed loans could breach these limits. —  Center on Budget: Comprehensive News Feed
  • Other state constitutions or statutes strictly limit the amount of debt that the state may incur, and in some states, such loans would exceed the limit. —  Center on Budget: Comprehensive News Feed
  • You release us and our affiliates from any damages that you incur, and agree not to assert any claims against us or them, arising from your purchase or use of any products or services made available by third parties through the Site.
  • The FSB says the fines late payers have to incur are an unncessary burden on the UK's small companies. insurance guides - from Public Liability to Professional Indemnity, —  Bytestart
  • Caplan said everyone has a stake in mega-multiple births because they cause insurance premiums to rise when hospitals cannot get reimbursed for the huge costs such babies incur, and because those with disabilities typically require social services. —  News from www.pantagraph.com
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incur:   incurring ·  incurred ·  incurs
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  1. Middle English incurren, from Old French encorir, from Latin incurrere, to run upon : in-, on; see in-2 + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also incurr, incurre; from Middle English incurren, encorren, from Old French encorre, encorir, encourir, French encourir = Provencal encorre, encorrer = Spanish incurrir = Portuguese incorrer = Italian incorrere, from Latin incurrere, run into, run toward, meet, from in, into, on, + currere, run: see current.
 

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