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Definition of Backloading
1. Noun. (transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of backload) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backloading
1. backload [v] - See also: backload
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backloading
Literary usage of Backloading
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Saving Oil and Reducing Co2 Emissions in Transport: Options & Strategies by Iea, International Energy Agency (2001)
"Telematics could contribute to reducing empty backhauls by backloading (adding a
... Electronic client validation: one of the deterrents to backloading with ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"To make it easier for the horse and to facilitate the delivery, the driver does
what is called " backloading.'1 This means giving a number of packages to ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"... and therefore that backloading is not an appropriate designation for the heavy
material which is employed to steady seagoing vessels. ..."
4. International Trade: U.S. Agencies Need Greater Focus to Support Mexico’s by Loren Yager (2005)
"Per NAFTA, the larger portion of the tariff cuts was to be implemented in the
latter half of the phase-out period—a process referred to as "backloading. ..."
5. Preventing HIV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users in High Risk Countries by Institute of Medicine (U. S.), National Academies Press (U.S. (2007)
"... with a needle used by another person; providing a used needle to another
person; backloading; sharing cookers, cotton, or rinse water with others. ..."
6. The Horseless Age (1899)
"To make it easier for the horse and to facilitate the delivery, the driver does
what is called "backloading." This means gK'ing a number of packages to his ..."
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