backload

== English == === Etymology === From back +‎ load. === Noun === backload (plural backloads) A load carried on the return journey of a delivery vehicle. ==== Alternative forms ==== back load ==== Related terms ==== backloading (noun) === Verb === backload (third-person singular simple present backloads, present participle backloading, simple past and past participle backloaded) To load toward the back, or towards the end of a period. (transport) To load (cargo, shipment, etc.) after unloading has been completed. (transitive, military) To transport further toward the rear of the theater of war. To fill a syringe with solution from the plunger end of the barrel. ==== Antonyms ==== frontload === References === “backload”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.