[ちょうさん;とうさん, chousan ; tousan] (n) fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes [Add to Longdo]
[ゆうしょうけいやく, yuushoukeiyaku] (n) an onerous contract; contract made for a consideration [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Onerous \On"er*ous\, a. [L. onerosus, fr. onus, oneris, a load,
burden: cf. F. on['e]reux.]
Burdensome; oppressive. "Too onerous a solicitude." --I.
Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
{Onerous cause} (Scots Law), a good and legal consideration;
-- opposed to {gratuitous}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
onerous
adj 1: not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of
preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't
onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing
schedule" [syn: {burdensome}, {onerous}, {taxing}]
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