Burden or burthen may refer to:

People

Burden (surname) Burden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfie Burden, English professional snooker player * Arthur Scott Burden (1879-1921), American equestrian *Barry Burden (born 1971), American political scientist *Bob Burden, American ...

, people with the surname Burden

Places

* Burden, Kansas, United States * Burden, Luxembourg

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Burden'' (2018 film), an American drama film * ''The Burden'' (film), a Swedish independent short film

Literature

*'' The Burden'', by Agatha Christie, 1956 *''The Burdens'', a play by John Ruganda, 1972

Music

Songs

* "Burden", a single by Opeth from the album '' Watershed'' * "Burden", a 2019 song by

Keith Urban Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is an Australian-American musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter known for his work in country music. Recognized with four Grammy Awards, Urban also received fifteen Academy of Country Music Awa ...

* "Burdens", a song by Kenny Wayne Shepherd from '' The Place You're In'' * "Burdens", a song by The Yawpers * "The Burden", an interlude by Memphis May Fire from the album ''

The Hollow ''The Hollow'' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the United States by Dodd, Mead & Co. in 1946 and in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club in November of the same year. The US edition ...

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drone Drone most commonly refers to: * Drone (bee), a male bee, from an unfertilized egg * Unmanned aerial vehicle * Unmanned surface vehicle, watercraft * Unmanned underwater vehicle or underwater drone Drone, drones or The Drones may also refer to: ...

(sometimes spelt bourdon or burdon) produced by certain instruments * Burden (or burthen), a

refrain A refrain (from Vulgar Latin ''refringere'', "to repeat", and later from Old French ''refraindre'') is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in poetry — the "chorus" of a song. Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the v ...

in English hymns and songs * ''Burdens'' (album), a 2006 album by Ava Inferi

Other uses

* Burden, an old accounting term for overhead (O/H) costs * Burden, in electrical engineering is the impedance presented to the secondary winding of a

Current transformer A current transformer (CT) is a type of transformer that is used to reduce or multiply an alternating current (AC). It produces a current in its secondary which is proportional to the current in its primary. Current transformers, along with volt ...

* Burden (or burthen), an old term for ship's tonnage of cargo carrying capacity, from the archaic " burthen" or "byrthen"