backloading
backloading noun: the transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg. Also the present participle and gerund of backload.
Noun
backloading (usually uncountable, plural backloadings)
- The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
- One State fauna authority believes that Australian fauna is smuggled out and backloadings of drugs are made.1978, Australian Government Publication Service, Parliamentary Papers, page 32
- A structural weakness in Cairns tourism is the lack of an outbound market. Asiana, owned by the South Korean tyre manufacturer Kumho, established its office in Cairns two years ago but failed to attract passenger backloadings.1998, Business Review Weekly, volume 20, numbers 1-6, page 145
Also used as
backloading is also the present participle and gerund of backload.
Forms of backloading
| plural | backloadings |
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Origin of backloading
From back + loading or backload + -ing.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Questions about backloading
- What does backloading mean?
- Backloading means the transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
- What part of speech is backloading?
- Backloading is a noun.
- What is the plural of backloading?
- The plural of backloading is backloadings.
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