back-load
Americanverb (used with object)
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
You sure have been carrying a back-load all these weeks, John, never knowing what minute was going to be the next.
From The Real Man by Francis Lynde
The reason is because I have a pretty decent back-load of my own to carry.
From The City of Numbered Days by Francis Lynde
I had accomplished one back-load, and with empty straps was returning to the cache for another.
From The Forest by Stewart Edward White
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