front-load

verb

front-loaded; front-loading; front-loads

transitive verb

: to assign costs or benefits to the early stages of (such as a contract, project, or time period)

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This year’s home schedule is front-loaded with 12 games before the Japan trip and five after the Cubs return to Mesa. Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025 Shipment orders have started to soften after exporters rushed to front-load them toward the end of last year, Lynn Song, chief China economist at LNG told CNBC. Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025 And the Biden administration front-loaded some funding in anticipation of this type of action. Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025 While the economic activity might pick up in the coming months as policymakers are likely to step up stimulus and front-load deficit spending at the start of 2025, the economy is still struggling amid the structural headwinds and tariff threats from the new U.S. administration, Huang said. Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for front-load

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of front-load was in 1976

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“Front-load.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front-load. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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