Today's Word "encumbrance"
encumbrance \en-KUHM-brun(t)s\ (noun) - 1 : A burden, impediment, or hindrance. 2 : A lien, mortgage, or other financial claim against a property.
"Before the company could become truly profitable they had to divest themselves of the encumbrance of their unprofitable sister organization."
Encumbrance is from Old French encombrance, from encombrer, "to block up," from en-, "in" (here used intensively) + combre, "dam, weir, hence hindrance."
"Before the company could become truly profitable they had to divest themselves of the encumbrance of their unprofitable sister organization."
Encumbrance is from Old French encombrance, from encombrer, "to block up," from en-, "in" (here used intensively) + combre, "dam, weir, hence hindrance."
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