incur
verb (used with object)
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious).
will incur
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future tenseof incur.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Each stage of that process will incur expenses such as transport and storage, and rising costs at any step could end up in the product you buy being more expensive.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
IAC projects it will incur about $14 million in severance and related expenses, plus roughly $48 million in noncash stock-based compensation costs and up to about $1 million in other costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Paramount has $54 billion in bank financing and $47 billion in equity for the merger, but will incur nearly $80 billion in debt.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
I know that selling my stocks will incur substantial capital gains, but I also don’t want to lose the substantial gains I’ve made.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2025
"And this requires—it will incur great expense?" she asked, quickly.
From The Last Stroke a detective story by Lawrence L. Lynch
