backload

plural backloads · alternative back load

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

present singular third person backloads · participle present backloading · participle past backloaded · past backloaded

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”, in New York Times

2. transportTo load (cargo, shipment, etc.) after unloading has been completed.
3. transitivegovernmentTo 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 Military and Defense Encyclopedia: M-O, page 1601

4. To fill a syringe with solution from the plunger end of the barrel.