incur

== English == === Alternative forms === encur === Etymology === From Middle English incurren, from Anglo-Norman encurir, Middle French encourir, from Old French encorre, from Latin incurrere. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɜː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɝ/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) === Verb === incur (third-person singular simple present incurs, present participle incurring, simple past and past participle incurred) (transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to. Near-synonym: contract (debts, etc.) Coordinate terms: experience, encounter, sustain (chiefly law, accounting) To render (somebody, or oneself) liable or subject to. Synonym: occasion Near-synonyms: entail, invoke (obsolete, transitive) To enter or pass into. (obsolete, intransitive) To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Runic, runic