Beban

Beban is a noun in Indonesian and Malay that denotes a load, burden, or responsibility. It can refer to a physical load carried by a person or object, as well as to abstract duties or pressures. The related verb membeban means to burden or impose a duty, while the passive form dibeban describes something that has been burdened or charged with responsibility.

In everyday language, beban appears in expressions such as beban hidup (cost of living), beban keluarga (family obligations), and beban biaya (cost burden). In economics and budgeting, beban fiskal (fiscal burden) or beban anggaran (budgetary burden) are common terms. In accounting, beban biaya is used for expense items, and beban utang can refer to debt service obligations.

In law, beban pembuktian is the burden of proof. In civil and criminal contexts, the party asserting a claim bears the beban pembuktian.

In engineering and architecture, beban denotes the load that a structure must support. Common terms include beban mati (dead load) and beban hidup (live load), as well as other loads such as beban angin (wind load) or beban seismik (seismic load).

Beban is a native term in Indonesian and Malay languages and is used across Southeast Asia in formal and informal contexts. It appears in dictionaries, legal documents, technical manuals, and media, reflecting its broad applicability to both tangible and intangible load or responsibility.