backload

A load carried on the return journey of a delivery vehicle.

Noun

  1. A load carried on the return journey of a delivery vehicle.

Origin

From back + load.

Forms

backloads back load

Related

backloading

Verb

  1. To load toward the back, or towards the end of a period.
    • For a grant this size, you would expect either that the vesting occurs over a considerably longer period or is backloaded. - 2007 October 17, Geraldine Fabrikant, “New Contract for Moonves Links Pay to CBS’s Results”,...
  2. To load (cargo, shipment, etc.) after unloading has been completed.
  3. To transport further toward the rear of the theater of war.
    • Not only will repair and recovery be vital, but also the backloading of equipment casualties to farther rearward, better protected, and more specialized maintenance facilities. - 1993, Trevor Nevitt Dupuy, International...
  4. To fill a syringe with solution from the plunger end of the barrel.

Forms

backloads backloading backloaded

Antonyms

frontload