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
"I came here with my own back-load of trouble, but it seems that I'm not the only camel in the caravan," said the young ironmaster, thoughtfully.
From The Price by Lynde, Francis
He gathered a back-load of yellow, glittering specimens, but they proved worthless.
From The Boys' Life of Mark Twain by Paine, Albert Bigelow
There had been no questions asked at the sampling works, and his back-load of ore had been purchased on the strength of the assay—doubtless with a good, round profit to the buyers.
From Branded by Lynde, Francis
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