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noun
The process by which something is loaded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A load, especially in the engineering and electrical engineering senses of force exerted, or electrical current or power supplied.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An increased rate of pay given to an employee in order to compensate for specified non-standard working conditions, or a lack of specific other benefits. For example, an employee paid a casual loading is paid more than an equivalent full-time or part-time employee's rate, to compensate for a lack of benefits such as sick leave or annual leave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, countable
Qualifier: industrial relations
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A weighting or bias.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
present participle and gerund of load
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unloading
Broader terms: handling
noun
goods carried by a large vehicle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: cargo, lading, freight, load, payload, shipment, consignment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: merchandise, ware, product
noun
weight to be borne or conveyed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: load, burden
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weight
Narrower terms: burthen, dead load, live load, superload, millstone, overload, overburden
noun
a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: load
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indefinite quantity
Narrower terms: trainload
noun
the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ratio
Narrower terms: power loading, span loading, wing loading
History
By surface analysis, load + -ing.
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
