Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

backloading

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: back-load-ing
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of backload

Example Sentences

"One State fauna authority believes that Australian fauna is smuggled out and backloadings of drugs are made."
"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."

Etymology

From back + loading or backload + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: backload

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

backloadings (plural)

Questions

What does backloading mean?: The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
Where does backloading come from?: From back + loading or backload + -ing.

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