back-load

[ bak-lohd ]

verb (used with object)

to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs: The union agreed to back-load pay raises.

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An inequality of tonnage in opposite directions may make it expedient to solicit business for the sake of a back load.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley
And the transcontinental lines brought the Hawaiian sugar, also as a back-load against a predominance of westbound tonnage.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley
The Gulf lines brought the Louisiana product, partly as a back-load against exported grain.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley
I had accomplished one back-load, and with empty straps was returning to the cache for another.
The Forest | Stewart Edward White
A soldier came past with a back-load of canteens freshly filled.
My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field | Charles Carleton Coffin

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