MEANING
To become subject to a cost, obligation, loss, or other unfavorable consequence.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- incur a penalty
- incur expenses
On the page
Late applications incur an additional fee.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- incur
- Past tense
- incurred
- Past participle
- incurred
- Present participle
- incurring
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- incur
- Present continuous
- am/is/are incurring
- Present perfect
- have/has incurred
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been incurring
- Past
- incurred
- Past continuous
- was/were incurring
- Past perfect
- had incurred
- Past perfect continuous
- had been incurring
- Future
- will incur
- Future continuous
- will be incurring
- Future perfect
- will have incurred
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been incurring
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: incur; incurs; incurred; incurred; incurring Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: incurs.
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