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back-load

American  
[bak-lohd] / ˈbækˌloʊd /

verb (used with object)

  1. to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs.

    The union agreed to back-load pay raises.


Example Sentences

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"We are definitely exceeding 1.2 billion up until the end of next year. So we try to front-load and not back-load the implementation," he said.

From Reuters • Dec. 2, 2022

Rivals, who back-load salaries to preserve precious cash, charge that Forbes is paying outsize prices to drain the talent pool.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had a heavy back-load of skins, and his wife another big bundle.

From Schwatka's Search by Gilder, William H. (William Henry)

I had accomplished one back-load, and with empty straps was returning to the cache for another.

From The Forest by White, Stewart Edward

The reason is because I have a pretty decent back-load of my own to carry.

From The City of Numbered Days by Lynde, Francis