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Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.
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encumbered — index arrested (checked), disconsolate, indebted Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
encumbered — A property owned by one party on which a second party reserves the right to make a valid claim, e.g., a bank s holding of a home mortgage encumbers property. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * encumbered en‧cum‧bered [ɪnˈkʌmbəd ǁ ərd] adjective … Financial and business terms
Encumbered — Encumber En*cum ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encumbering}.] [F. encombrer; pref. en (L. in) + OF. combrer to hinder. See {Cumber}, and cf. {Incumber}.] [Written also {incumber}.] 1. To impede the motion or action of, as … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
encumbered — adjective loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard and stucco hotels A.J.Liebling a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack an encumbered estate • Ant: ↑unencumbered • Similar to: ↑burdened, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
encumbered — un·encumbered; … English syllables
encumbered route — A rural route with a regular rural carrier assigned. The term is used in rural route consolidation studies … Glossary of postal terms
Encumbered Securities — Securities that are owned by one entity, but subject to a legal claim by another. When an entity borrows from another, legal claim on the securities owned by the borrower can be taken as security by the lender should the borrower default on its… … Investment dictionary
encumbered — Synonyms and related words: burdened, burdened with debt, charged, cumbered, deep in debt, embarrassed, fraught, freighted, hampered, in debt, in difficulties, in embarrassed circumstances, in hock, in the hole, in the red, indebted, involved,… … Moby Thesaurus
encumbered — en·cum·ber || ɪn kÊŒmbÉ™ v. burden, weigh down, hamper, hinder, impede (also incumber) … English contemporary dictionary
encumbered with debts — weighed down with debts … English contemporary dictionary
