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loading
CIDE DICTIONARY
loading, n.
- The act of putting a load on or into. [1913 Webster]
- A load; cargo; burden. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
loading, n.
1 Electr. the maximum current or power taken by an appliance.
2 an increase in an insurance premium due to a factor increasing the risk involved (see LOAD v. 8).
3 Austral. an increment added to a basic wage for special skills etc.
1 Electr. the maximum current or power taken by an appliance.
2 an increase in an insurance premium due to a factor increasing the risk involved (see LOAD v. 8).
3 Austral. an increment added to a basic wage for special skills etc.
THESAURUS
loading
allocation, assignment, bale, bother, burden, burdening, burthen, cargo, charge, charging, collocation, cumber, cumbrance, deadweight, demand, deployment, deposit, deposition, disposition, drag, emplacement, encumbrance, exaction, freight, freighting, handicap, imposing an onus, imposition, inconsiderateness, inconvenience, incubus, incumbency, infliction, lading, laying on, load, loading down, localization, locating, location, millstone, obtrusiveness, oppression, overload, overtaxing, overweighting, packing, pinpointing, placement, placing, positioning, posting, pressure, presumptuousness, putting, reposition, saddling, situation, spotting, stationing, storage, stowage, superincumbency, surcharge, tasking, taxing, trouble, unwarranted demand, weightingFor further exploring for "loading" in Webster Dictionary Online