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The Onus: We Are Trying To Shift The Onus For Passenger Safety Onto The Government

The document defines the word "onus" as a formal noun meaning the responsibility or duty to do something. It provides two examples of the word being used, with the onus being on a landlord to ensure a property is habitable and efforts to shift the onus for passenger safety onto the government. The document is from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 3rd Edition copyright 2008.

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The Onus: We Are Trying To Shift The Onus For Passenger Safety Onto The Government

The document defines the word "onus" as a formal noun meaning the responsibility or duty to do something. It provides two examples of the word being used, with the onus being on a landlord to ensure a property is habitable and efforts to shift the onus for passenger safety onto the government. The document is from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 3rd Edition copyright 2008.

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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 3rd Edition

the onus noun [S ] FORMAL


the responsibility or duty to do something [+ to infinitive] The onus is on the landlord to ensure that the property is habitable. We are trying to shift the onus for passenger safety onto the government.

Cambridge University Press 2008

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