loadings

Noun

loading (countable and uncountable, plural loadings)

1. The process by which something is loaded.
   • The loading of hazardous cargoes is not permitted.
2. (countable) A load, especially in the engineering and electrical engineering senses of force exerted, or electrical current or power supplied.
   • I need to recheck the loadings on the external walls.
3. (Australia, countable, industrial relations) An increased rate of pay given to an employee in order to compensate for specified non-standard working conditions, or a lack of specific other benefits. For example, an employee paid a casual loading is paid more than an equivalent full-time or part-time employee's rate, to compensate for a lack of benefits such as sick leave or annual leave.
   • The position advertised a $40 per hour rate, inclusive of the casual loading.
4. A weighting or bias.
   • We may note with some surprise that the hysteria scale has a positive loading on this factor, i.e. is situated towards the normal rather than the neurotic end.2013, H. J. Eysenck, Experiments in Personality, volume 2, page 238