An assessed tax, duty, or levy.
Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success.
The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage.
To levy a cess.
An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
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.
Any item recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet.
The condition of being susceptible to something.
A person on a team that is more of a hindrance than a help.
The likelihood of something happening.