front-load

present singular third person front-loads · participle present front-loading · participle past front-loaded · past front-loaded · alternative front load · alternative frontload

1. transitiveTo assign to the initial periods; to schedule for as early as possible.

   We front-loaded the project with fees.

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   We front-loaded the fees on the project.

   In a sense, it would be comforting to find that front-loading had developed out of a conscious and deliberate policy, for that would imply that the problem could be readily remedied.

   2003, William G. Mayer, Andrew E. Busch, The Front-Loading Problem in Presidential Nominations, →ISBN, page 55

alternative front load · alternative frontload

1. attributiveAttributive form of front load.

   This is a front-load fund, with 4.5% coming off the top.

alternative front load · alternative frontload

1. not comparableDesigned to be loaded from the front.

   A new front-load washing machine uses less water than a top-load.