Definitions
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- verb To load toward the
back , or towards theend of a period - verb transport To load (
cargo ,shipment , etc.) after unloading has been completed. - verb To fill a syringe with solution from the plunger end of the barrel
Etymologies
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Examples
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"The problem they've got," he added, "in order to make the thing deficit neutral, they've had to kind of backload it so that the fees go in first, and some of these great benefits don't kick in till later on.
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In fact, Democrats added that second metric, which is not typically a hoop that legislation has to jump through, in order to specifically allay concerns that the legislation would backload its costs.
Repealing health-care reform would cost hundreds of billions of dollars -- and Eric Cantor knows it Ezra Klein 2011
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It makes sense that the SG would backload those submissions so that the bulk of the work can be done after the press of arguments diminishes.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Solicitor General Lays an Egg 2010
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A trend, however,, offspring of T20, could be to backload the innings with batsmen adept at taking the aerial route while the workers of the ball occupy the middle overs, and timing it accordingly.
Andy Flower is blooming into a master coach for England 2010
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It makes sense that the SG would backload those submissions so that the bulk of the work can be done after the press of arguments diminishes.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Solicitor General Lays an Egg 2010
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The country's recently reinstated chief justice is attempting to meet that need by placing time limits on land disputes and introducing new courts that work 14 hours a day, six days a week to get rid of the massive backload.
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I've got three papers due tomorrow, a backload of maps to make for my GIS class, two ginormous projects, a sick grammie, an hour long commute in the morning, bickering roomies, a bad dye job....
Archive 2009-03-01 weakyknee 2009
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The most effective way to accomplish this goal is to backload the rewards of government service, in the form of actions like patronage.
What New Nobel Laureate Roger Myerson Is Talking About Tonight - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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If you're born a Scorpio, you've come into this lifetime to deal with a backload of old emotional wounds (perhaps from other lifetimes - or this one) that need to be purified and transformed.
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It might include acknowledging your own mistakes, such as casually floating that $900 billion figure which forced House and Senate leaders to backload key provisions in the final bill.
Harold Pollack: Some Unsolicited Advice for Howard Dean, and for President Obama, Too 2009
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