Antonyms for incur
ɪnˈkɜrin·cur

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1. incurverb

   To render somebody liable or subject to.

   Synonyms:
   occasion

2. incurverb

   Synonyms:
   contract, encounter

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1. incur

   Antonyms:
   avoid, shun, elude, escape

   Synonyms:
   meet, run

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1. incurverb

   make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to

   "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"

   Synonyms:
   obtain, find, receive, get

2. receive, get, find, obtain, incurverb

   receive a specified treatment (abstract)

   "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

   Synonyms:
   pick up, make, mystify, experience, develop, draw, have, find oneself, become, sustain, receive, retrieve, scram, prevail, amaze, stimulate, sire, drive, engender, hold, go, rule, fix, stick, pay back, regain, happen, suffer, feel, beat, set about, get down, get under one's skin, contract, bring forth, grow, dumbfound, stupefy, start, welcome, arrest, meet, witness, bring, bewilder, see, mother, chance, take, buzz off, catch, let, come up, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, invite, ascertain, get, generate, capture, find, baffle, produce, get hold, start out, pose, vex, aim, induce, find out, perplex, recover, bump, notice, gravel, begin, fetch, father, determine, commence, discover, encounter, arrive, set out, convey, acquire, come, line up, pay off, detect, bugger off, cause, take in, observe, nonplus

How to use incur in a sentence?

1. North Atlantic Refinery Limited:

   Currently, maintenance of the refinery requires North Atlantic to incur significant monthly financial losses. This funding will offset labour and operational costs related to maintaining the refinery in idle mode.

2. Frederick Douglas:

   I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

3. John McDonnell:

   There should be no sales of RBS shares, full-stop. But because of this government's obsession with privatization, the taxpayers who bailed out the bank will now incur an enormous loss.

4. Scott Ingalsbe:

   We just couldn't incur the cost.

5. Jeff Miller:

   We are sensitive to the financial hardship families incur and challenges presented due to the cost of school breakfast and lunches, our staff, in coordination with Family Support Specialists, will continue to work with families to ensure they have access to all available resources to assist with purchasing school meals.

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