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INCURRING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does incurring mean?

• INCURRING (noun)
The noun INCURRING has 1 sense:

1. acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable)

Familiarity information: INCURRING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INCURRING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

incurring debts is easier than paying them

Hypernyms ("incurring" is a kind of...):

acquisition (the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something)

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