encumber
C2CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
To burden an asset with a claim or charge that restricts its free disposal.
Most of the group's property was already encumbered, leaving little to pledge for fresh borrowing.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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