incur

//ɪnˈkɜːr//
B2Frequency Level 10Formal
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Verb

incurInfinitive
incurPresent tense
incurredPast tense
incurredPast participle
incurringPresent participle
incursThird-person singular
1

To become subject to something unpleasant, such as a debt, expense, or penalty, as a result of one's own actions.

The company incurred heavy losses due to the failed investment.

2

To bring upon oneself; to suffer or experience something negative as a consequence.

He incurred his boss's anger by arriving late to the meeting.

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