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backloadings

backloadings is the plural of backloading.

Meaning of backloading

Noun

backloading (usually uncountable, plural backloadings)

  1. (usually) 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

Questions about backloadings

What is backloadings the plural of?
Backloadings is the plural of backloading.

Words near backloadings in the dictionary

  1. backlists
  2. backlit
  3. backload
  4. backloaded
  5. backloading
  6. backloadings
  7. backloads
  8. backlock
  9. backlocks
  10. backlog
  11. backlogged

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