Definition of "incurring" []

• Present participle of incur. (verb)

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• "In his hours of blackest thoughts he had never trembled before the idea of incurring scorn through his ruin, of seeing his friends desert him, of descending to the lowest depths, being lost in the social substratum."
• "While the system of issuing summonses and warnings to debtors would continue, the council was looking at unformity when dealing with debtors and uniformity in penalties, such as incurring interest on arrears."
• "The agreements governing our debt contain financial and other restrictive covenants that limit our ability to take certain actions, such as incurring additional debt or making acquisitions."