to load or fill from the front: to front-load a washing machine; to front-load a video recorder.
3.
to put in from the front; insert: to front-load eight pounds of clothing; to front-load a cassette.
4.
to make fees, costs, commissions, etc., applicable at the beginning of (a contract, designated period, or the like): The striking teachers prefer to front-load their fringe benefits. Compare back-load.
5.
to concentrate maximum effort on (an activity) at the outset: The politician front-loaded his campaigning.
the sales commission and other fees taken out of the first year's payment under a contractual plan for purchasing shares of a mutual fund (front-end load fund) over a period of years.
[adj. fruhnt-lohd; v. fruhnt-lohd] 
