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Burden on America (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

onus

'burden' is the definition.
(I know that burden can be written as onus)

'on america' is the wordplay.
'america' becomes 'us' (United States).
'on'+'us'='ONUS'

(Other definitions for onus that I've seen before include "'Responsibility, task or burden (4)'" , "Weight of responsibility" , "Responsibilty" , "Liability" , "Capulet opponent (R&J)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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