Collocations for burden - noun

enormous, great, heavy, huge, onerous, significant, substantial, terrible, tremendous
The need to protect the nation places a heavy burden on the shoulders of state leaders.
The war was a huge burden on the economy.

crippling, crushing, intolerable
undue, unfair
added, additional, extra
increased
administrative, debt, economic, emotional, financial, regulatory, tax

bear, carry
The manager carries the greatest burden of responsibility.

assume, shoulder, take on
She had to shoulder the burden of childcare.

impose, place, put
His illness placed an intolerable burden on his family.

create
be, become
feel
He was beginning to feel a burden to his family.

increase
ease, lessen, lighten, reduce, relieve
lift, remove, take
The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.

shift
plans to shift the burden of taxation onto larger companies

share
I need to share my burden with someone.

fall on sb/sth
The economic burden falls mainly on businesses.

burden for
a burden for the whole family

burden of
the burden of high taxation
She carried a huge burden of guilt for what she had done.

burden on, burden upon
Reducing taxes would ease the financial burden on families.

burden to
She felt she was a burden to her parents.

the burden of proof (= the responsibility of proving that sth is true)
The burden of proof falls on the prosecution: the accused is presumed innocent until proved guilty.

have a burden on your shoulders
He has the burden of a large family on his shoulders.

the burden of doing sth
lift the burden from sb's shoulders (esp. BrE), take the burden off sb's shoulders

carry
The women carried their burdens on their backs.

pick up
lay down, put down

a beast of burden