Decrease and Load

noun

• A change downward.
  • usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  • synonyms: lessening, drop-off
• A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The amount by which something decreases.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The act of decreasing or reducing something.
  • synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

verb

• Decrease in size, extent, or range.
  • usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
  • synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
• Make smaller.
  • usage: "He decreased his staff"
  • synonyms: lessen, minify

• (v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
• (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
• (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
• (v.) The wane of the moon.

noun

• Weight to be borne or conveyed.
  • synonyms: loading, burden
• A quantity that can be processed or transported at one time.
  • usage: "the system broke down under excessive loads"
  • synonyms: loading
• Goods carried by a large vehicle.
  • synonyms: cargo, lading, freight, loading, payload, shipment, consignment
• An amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate.
  • usage: "he got a load on and started a brawl"
• The power output of a generator or power plant.
• An onerous or difficult concern.
  • usage: "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
  • synonyms: burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
• A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks.
  • synonyms: lode
• The front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents.
  • synonyms: warhead, payload
• Electrical device to which electrical power is delivered.

verb

• Fill or place a load on.
  • usage: "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
  • synonyms: lade, laden, load up
• Provide (a device) with something necessary.
  • usage: "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"
  • synonyms: charge
• Transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory.
• Put (something) on a structure or conveyance.
  • usage: "load the bags onto the trucks"
• Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones.
  • usage: "adulterate liquor"
  • synonyms: adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase

• (v.t.) To magnetize.
• (v.t.) To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon.
• (v.) That which burdens, oppresses or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care.
• (v.) Weight or violence of blows.
• (v.) The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.
• (v.t.) To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine.
• (v.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
• (v.) A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters.
• (v.) A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.
• (v.) The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading.

If you buy mutual funds through a broker or other sales representative, you often pay a sales charge or commission, also called a' Load'. If the charge is levied when you purchase the shares, it's called a front-end load. If you pay when you sell shares, it's called a back-end load. And with a level load, you pay a percentage of your investment amount each year you own the fund.

(DoD, NATO) The total weight of passengers and/or freight carried on board a ship, aircraft, train, road vehicle, or other means of conveyance. See also airlift capability; airlift requirement; allowable load.