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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable);
- Example: "incurring debts is easier than paying them"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Incur \In*cur"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incurred; p. pr. & vb. n. Incurring.] [L. incurrere to run into or toward; pref. in- in + currere to run. See Current.] [1913 Webster] 1. To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure, penalty, responsibility, etc. [1913 Webster] I know not what I shall incur to pass it, Having no warrant. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To render liable or subject to; to occasion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame than you have done me pleasure in preserving my life. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

incurring n 1: acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); "incurring debts is easier than paying them"