burn (iou) and Financial Drag (money)

burn (iou)

burn verb. . See also BURNT ppl adjective, YBRENT.

I. verb intrans.
Of fire, a furnace, etc.: be in the state of activity characteristic of fire, be in combustion. OE.
A. Sillitoe A bright fire burned in the modernised grate. J. Rhys The flames burned straight.
b. Of a spacecraft's engine: provide thrust. M20.
Be on fire, be consumed by flames; undergo combustion; undergo oxidation with evolution of heat. OE.
Shakespeare Richard II That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire That staggers thus my person. A. J. P. Taylor They were medieval towns, full of wooden houses, and burnt well. F. Hoyle All the oxygen would have been quickly consumed, since biomaterial burns very easily.
b. Undergo nuclear reactions producing energy. M20.
fig. Be passionate, rage; be consumed with emotion, longing, etc. OE.
Bible (AV): Genesis 44:18 Let not thine anger burne against thy seruant. R. L. Stevenson I burn to see you on the gallows. G. Ewart I burned with desire to distress you.
Be or become very hot; feel a sensation of heat, be inflamed. OE.
one's ears burn one feels (rightly or wrongly) that one is being talked about.
b. fig. Be very close to the object sought (in Games etc.). Cf. HOT adjective 8b. E19.
Give light by combustion or heat; glow, shine, appear as if on fire. OE.
Shakespeare Julius Caesar How ill this taper burns! E. O'Neill One bulb burning doesn't cost much. B. Spencer Snow on pine gorges can burn blue like Persian cats.
Suffer the effects of combustion, heat, the sun's rays, acid, extreme cold, etc.; be scorched, blackened, parched, or tanned; be charred by overcooking. ME.
V. Woolf Bones bleach and burn far away in Indian sands. T. Frisby Would you like to make sure that nothing burns in the kitchen?
b. Cause injury or pain by the action of fire, heat, extreme cold, etc.; (of acid etc.) eat its way into by burning. M17.
J. H. Newman Ice which blisters may be said to burn.
Suffer death by fire. arch. ME.
T. Forrest Here..women often..burn with their deceased husbands.
II. verb trans.
Of fire: consume, destroy. Of a person etc.: cause to be alight, or to be destroyed or consumed by fire. OE.
burn alive kill by burning. burn one's boats, burn one's bridges, burn one's ships commit oneself irrevocably to a course of action. have to burn have (money etc.) in great abundance. pare and burn: see PARE verb.
Spenser The fire which them to ashes brent. P. Shaffer It's fantastically dangerous to burn a naked flame in this room! A. S. Byatt The pierced dustbin in which he burned Garden rubbish.
b. Make a burnt offering of; sacrifice or execute by burning. ME.
burn daylight arch. use artificial light in daytime; waste day(light).
Shakespeare 1 Henry VI O, burn her, burn her! Hanging is too good. Milton One [altar] of Syrian mode whereon to burn His odious offerings.
c. Consume as fuel for heat or light; oxidize with evolution of heat; use the nuclear energy of. L16.
burn the candle at both ends: see CANDLE noun. burn midnight oil, burn the midnight oil: see OIL noun.
O. Lodge Burning 1,000 tons of coal. Lancet The thesis..that muscles could burn sugar only.
d. fig. Spend or use freely. slang. L19.
e. Smoke (tobacco). slang. E20.
Produce the effects of fire or heat upon, expose to fire or heat; scorch, blacken; char or cause to adhere by overcooking; calcine, bake. OE.
burn to a chip, burn to a cinder, burn to a crisp, burn to a frazzle, etc.
T. D'Urfey 'Till Pudding and Dumpling are burnt to Pot. M. Drabble It was burned black on the outside and raw in the middle. J. G. Farrell No clay or shale that you can burn into bricks.
b. Make by burning. ME.
burn a hole in one's pocket (esp. of money) make one wish to spend or dispose of it.
Defoe These [earthen vessels] I burnt in the fire.
Injure or cause pain to by the action of fire or heat. ME.
burn one's fingers fig. suffer, esp. financially, for meddling or rashness.
S. Hill You cannot manage it without burning your mouth. B. England MacConnachie's wrist, where the rope had burned it, was suppurating a little.
b. Cauterize; brand. ME.
c. Infect with (esp. venereal) sores. E16-M18.
d. fig. Swindle, cheat. slang. M17.
fig. Inflame or consume with emotion etc.; slang annoy, rile. ME.
Dryden With two fair Eyes his Mistress burns his Breast.
Produce an effect on like that of fire or heat, e.g. by corrosive substances, extreme cold, sunlight, etc.; injure or hurt thus; corrode, wither, parch, tan. ME.
Dryden Goats..graze the Field, and burn it bare. W. S. Maugham His face and neck burnt brown by the hot sun.
Copy or record sound, data, etc., on to (a compact disc). L20.
With adverbs in specialized senses: burn away diminish to nothing by burning. burn down (a) burn less vigorously as fuel fails; (b) destroy (a building etc.) by burning. burn in (a) imprint by burning (lit. & fig.); (b) Photography darken selected areas of a photographic print by allowing additional exposure during the printing process; (c) test a device for defects by operating it continuously (sometimes at an elevated temperature) for a fixed period of time; (d) mark a Video tape with captions or timing information. burn low nearly go out. burn off (a) (cause to) evaporate, disappear, etc., under the action of heat; (b) N. Amer., Austral., & NZ clear (land) for cultivation by burning vegetation; burn (vegetation) to clear land. burn out (a) burn away, (make) fail by burning; consume the contents of by burning, fig. exhaust the powers of; (b) make homeless by burning a dwelling, drive out of by burning a place. burn up (a) get rid of, consume completely, by fire; (b) flash into a blaze; (c) N. Amer. slang be or make furious; (d) colloq. traverse at high speed.
Comb.: burning-glass: see GLASS noun; burn-in (a) a continuous period of operation undergone by an electronic device (sometimes at an elevated temperature), to check for defects; (b) the formation of a permanent mark on a Television or computer screen which occurs when a very bright image has been displayed for too long; (c) a Video recording feature which enables captions or timing information to be incorporated on to a tape; burn-off N. Amer., Austral., & NZ the clearing of land for cultivation by burning vegetation; burn-out destruction by fire; failure of an electrical component etc. through overheating; exhaustion, disillusion, or depression associated with occupational stress; burn-up (a) consumption of fuel; (b) slang a very fast drive or motorcycle ride etc.
burnable adjective able to be burnt or consumed by fire E17.

Financial Drag (money)

Definition: When fixed or variable costs are higher than desired.

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