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Implication and Load

noun

  • Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied. )
    • usage: "his resignation had political implications"
  • A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred.
    • usage: "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"
  • An accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection.
  • A logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false.
  • A relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement. )
    • usage: "he was suspected of implication in several robberies"

noun

  • Weight to be borne or conveyed.
  • A quantity that can be processed or transported at one time.
    • usage: "the system broke down under excessive loads"
  • Goods carried by a large vehicle.
  • 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"
  • A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks.
  • The front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents.
  • Electrical device to which electrical power is delivered.

verb

  • Fill or place a load on.
    • usage: "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
  • Provide (a device) with something necessary.
    • usage: "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"
  • 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"

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.