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beban

Pronunciation: /bəˈban/

“beban” is an Indonesian word. Its 13 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a burden; a weight to be carried
  2. the force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
  3. the electrical current or power delivered by a device
  4. any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit
  5. the process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
  6. the total indirect costs—such as taxes, benefits, insurance, and overhead—added to direct expenses like base wages or raw materials.
  7. the distance between rows of blastholes parallel to the major free face (i.e. face of the excavation), or between rows in the usual case where rows are fired in sequence
  8. responsibility, stress, strength
  9. amount of money levied for a service
  10. the scope of someone's responsibility
  11. a load or burden; cargo
  12. expense
  13. liability: a handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; an individual or action that exposes others to greater risk

Etymology

From Malay beban. All “load” senses, except “burden” sense is a semantic loan from English load. The blasting sense is a semantic loan from English burden.

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