front-loading

[fruhnt-loh-ding]

front-loading

[fruhnt-loh-ding]
adjective
1.
designed to be loaded, supplied, or tended from the front: a front-loading washer; a front-loading VCR.
noun
2.
the practice of expending maximum effort, collecting a fee, interest, or commissions, etc., as early as possible: the front-loading of commissions on insurance premiums.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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front-load

[adj. fruhnt-lohd; v. fruhnt-lohd]
adjective
1.
Also, front-load·ed. front-loading (def. 1).
verb (used with object)
2.
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.

Origin:
1975–80
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