عِبْءٌ

A load, or burden, (S, O, Msb, * K, TA,) of goods, or merchandise, &c.; (TA;) or such as a debt, or some other reponsibility that one takes upon himself: (Lth, TA:) a weight, (Msb, K,) of debt, &c., (Msb.) or of anything: (K:) plural أَعْبَاءٌ. (S, O, Msb.) One says, حَمَلْتُ أَعْبَاءَ القَوْمِ i. e. [I bore] the weights, or burdens, of debt, &c., of the people, or party. (Msb.)

And A half-load; or burden borne on one side of a beast, equiponderant to another on the other side; synonym عِدْلٌ; (S, O, K;) of goods [&c.]: each of what are termed عِبْانِ: plural as above. (S, O.)

And [hence] A like; as also ↓ عَبْءٌ: (S, O, K:) plural as above. (TA.) One says, هٰذَا عَبْءُ هٰذَا This is the like of this. (TA.)