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.
- Compare front-load.
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How to use back-load in a sentence
Tom Rockets and I used to go out into the woods with bags, and come back loaded with nuts and seeds and roots for my pets.
Hurricane Hurry | W.H.G. KingstonLoss of blood, however, soon made him desist, and he was transferred to another boat which was sent back loaded with wounded.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 | Elbert HubbardThey were out for six hours with Barwell Dawson, and came back loaded down with birds, and with a small polar bear.
First at the North Pole | Edward StratemeyerDidn't they come back loaded down with souvenir postal cards, baskets of fruit, parrots and monkeys?
With the Battle Fleet | Franklin MatthewsThat afternoon we got Joe Gee and some rifles and came back loaded for bear.
Dutch Courage and Other Stories | Jack London
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