incur
Example Sentences
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If energy prices seem set to remain high for the remainder of this year, workers are more likely to press for higher wages even as businesses will likely shy from incurring higher costs.
But many low-income households don't have the savings to last that long and so have to borrow, incurring debt.
From BBC
Others were reportedly forced to turn to lawyers to help recover the money, incurring additional costs.
From BBC
In recent years, automakers have incurred costly charges from supply-chain disruptions.
“All these extra costs that our local law enforcement have incurred,” she said, “they should reimburse us.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
