back-load

[ bak-lohd ]

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

An inequality of tonnage in opposite directions may make it expedient to solicit business for the sake of a back load.

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And the transcontinental lines brought the Hawaiian sugar, also as a back-load against a predominance of westbound tonnage.

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The Gulf lines brought the Louisiana product, partly as a back-load against exported grain.

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

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A soldier came past with a back-load of canteens freshly filled.

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