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load

  [lohd]
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–noun
1. anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
2. the quantity that can be or usually is carried at one time, as in a cart.
3. this quantity taken as a unit of measure or weight or a discrete quantity (usually used in combination): carload; wagonload.
4. the quantity borne or sustained by something; burden: a tree weighed down by its load of fruit.
5. the weight supported by a structure or part.
6. the amount of work assigned to or to be done by a person, team, department, machine, or mechanical system: a reasonable load of work.
7. something that weighs down or oppresses like a burden; onus: Supporting her younger brothers has been a heavy load for her.
8. loads, Informal. a great quantity or number: loads of fun; loads of people.
9. the charge for a firearm.
10. a commission charged to buyers of mutual-fund shares.
11. Engineering. any of the forces that a structure is calculated to oppose, comprising any unmoving and unvarying force (dead load), any load from wind or earthquake, and any other moving or temporary force (live load).
12. Electricity.
a. the power delivered by a generator, motor, power station, or transformer.
b. a device that receives power.
13. Mechanics. the external resistance overcome by an engine, dynamo, or the like, under given conditions, measured and expressed in terms of the power required.
14. Geology. the burden of sediment being carried by a stream or river. Compare bed load.
15. Slang. a sufficient amount of liquor drunk to cause intoxication: He's got a load on tonight.
–verb (used with object)
16. to put a load on or in; fill: to load a ship.
17. to supply abundantly, lavishly, or excessively with something (often fol. by down): They loaded us down with gifts.
18. to weigh down, burden, or oppress (often fol. by down, with, on, etc.): to feel loaded down with responsibilities; to load oneself with obligations.
19. to insert a charge, projectile, etc., into (a firearm).
20. to place (film, tape, etc.) into a camera or other device: He loaded the film into the camera.
21. to place film, tape, etc., into (a camera or other device): How do you load this camera?
22. to take on as a load: a ship loading coal.
23. to add to the weight of, sometimes fraudulently: The silver candlesticks were loaded with lead.
24. Insurance. to increase (the net premium) by adding charges, as for expenses.
25. to add additional or prejudicial meaning to (a statement, question, etc.): The attorney kept loading his questions in the hope of getting the reply he wanted.
26. to overcharge (a word, expression, etc.) with extraneous values of emotion, sentiment, or the like: emotion that loads any reference to home, flag, and mother.
27. to weight (dice) so that they will always come to rest with particular faces upward.
28. Baseball. to have or put runners at (first, second, and third bases): They loaded the bases with two out in the eighth inning.
29. Fine Arts.
a. to place a large amount of pigment on (a brush).
b. to apply a thick layer of pigment to (a canvas).
30. Metalworking.
a. (of metal being deep-drawn) to become welded to (the drawing tool).
b. (of material being ground) to fill the depressions in the surface of (a grinding wheel).
c. (in powder metallurgy) to fill the cavity of (a die).
31. Computers.
a. to bring (a program or data) into main storage from external or auxiliary storage.
b. to place (an input/output medium) into an appropriate device, as by inserting a disk into a disk drive.
32. Electricity. to add (a power-absorbing device) to an electric circuit.
–verb (used without object)
33. to put on or take on a load, as of passengers or goods: The bus usually loads at the side door.
34. to load a firearm.
35. to enter a carrier or conveyance (usually fol. by into): The students loaded quickly into the buses.
36. to become filled or occupied: The ship loaded with people in only 15 minutes.
–adverb
37. loads, Informal. very much; a great deal: Thanks loads. It would help loads if you sent some money.
—Idioms
38. get a load of, Slang.
a. to look at; notice; observe.
b. to listen to with interest: Did you get a load of what she said?
39. load the dice, to put someone or something in a advantageous or disadvantageous position; affect or influence the result: Lack of sufficient education loaded the dice against him as a candidate for the job.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME lode (n.); orig. the same word as lode (OE lād way, course, carrying); senses influenced by lade

Related forms:
loadless, adjective

Synonyms:
7. weight, encumbrance. Load, burden referred originally to something placed on a person or animal or put into a vehicle for conveyance. Both load and burden are still used in this literal sense, though burden only infrequently, except in such fixed phrases as beast of burden and a ship of 1500 tons burden (carrying capacity). Both words have come to be used figuratively to refer to duties, cares, etc., that are oppressively heavy, and this is now the main meaning of burden: You have taken a load off my mind. Some children are a burden. 16. lade. 18. weight, encumber.

Antonyms:
18. disburden.
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Slang Dictionary
load

  1. n.
    as much liquor as one can hold. (See also loaded.) : Harry had quite a load of booze.
  2. n.
    a drink of liquor. : Can I have a load from your bottle?
  3. n.
    a dose of drugs; an injection of drugs. (See also loaded. Drugs.) : She shoots a load every day or two.
  4. n.
    a drug supply; a stash. (Drugs.) : If his load dwindles, he gets more easily.
  5. n.
    a large purchase of heroin. (Drugs.) : I've scored a load that'll last me a few days.
  6. n.
    an (old) car. (See also heap.) : Whose junky old load is that parked in front of the house?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

load  (n.)
"that which is laid upon a person or beast, burden," 1225, from O.E. lad "way, course, carrying," from P.Gmc. *laido (cf. O.H.G. leita, Ger. leite, O.N. leið "way, course"); related to O.E. lædan "to guide" (see lead (v.)). Sense shifted 13c. to supplant words based on lade (q.v.), to which it is not etymologically connected; original association with "guide" is preserved in lodestone (see lode). Meaning "amount customarily loaded at one time" is from 1384. Fig. sense of "burden weighing on the mind, heart, or soul" is first attested 1593. Meaning "amount of work" is from 1946. Colloquial loads "lots" is attested from 1606. The verb is from 1495; of firearms from 1626. To take one's load "drink one's fill" is from 1598; hence slang loaded "drunk" (1886). In the sense of "rich," loaded is attested from 1910. Phrase take a load off one's feet "sit down, relax" is from 1945. Get a load of "take a look at" is Amer.Eng. colloquial, attested from 1929.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

load

The sales fee the buyer pays in order to acquire an asset. This fee varies according to the type of asset and the way it is sold. Many mutual funds impose a sales charge. As a result of the load, only a portion of the investor's funds go into the investment itself. Also called front-end load, sales load.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: load
Function: noun
: an amount added (as to the price of a security or the net premium in insurance) to represent selling expense and profit to the distributor —compare NO-LOAD
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2load
Function: transitive verb
1 : to put a load in or on loaded with … pyruvate by intravenousinjections —Experiment Station Record>
2 : to weight (as a test or experimental situation) with factors influencing validity or outcome
3 : tochange by adding an adulterant or drug loaded with narcotics —D. W. Maurer & V. H. Vogel>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

load (lōd)
n.
A departure from normal body content, as of water, salt, or heat. A positive load is a quantity in excess of the normal; a negative load is a deficit.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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