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incur verb [ ɪnˈkəː ]

• become subject to (something unwelcome or unpleasant) as a result of one's own behaviour or actions.
• "I will pay any expenses incurred"
Similar: suffer, sustain, experience, bring upon oneself, expose oneself to, lay oneself open to, run up, collect, attract, invite, provoke, earn, arouse, induce, cause, give rise to, bring on, be liable/subject to, meet with, draw,
Opposite: avoid,
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin incurrere, from in- ‘towards’ + currere ‘run’.


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