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
He gathered a back-load of yellow, glittering specimens, but they proved worthless.
From The Boys' Life of Mark Twain by Paine, Albert Bigelow
"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
A soldier came past with a back-load of canteens freshly filled.
From My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field by Coffin, Charles Carleton
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