…a heavy or bulky thing that is being carried or is about to be carried…
…(of shares in a mutual fund) sold directly to a buyer by the mutual fund itself without a commission being charged…
…the intrinsic weight of a structure or vehicle, excluding the weight of passengers or goods…
…the force on a structure arising from the impact of wind on it…
…(of a sports player or an athlete) saturate the muscles with stored glycogen by exercising and dieting and then shortly before a competition eating a large amount of carbohydrates…
…distribute or allocate (costs, effort, etc.) unevenly, with the greater proportion at the beginning of the enterprise or process…
…the ratio of the average or actual amount of some quantity and the maximum possible or permissible…
…a measure of the number of viral particles present in an organism or environment, especially the number of HIV viruses in the bloodstream…
…the presence of unfavourable genetic material in the genes of a population…
…(especially of a wall) supporting much of the weight of the overlying parts of a building or other structure…
…action to reduce the load on something, especially the interruption of an electricity supply to avoid excessive load on the generating plant…
…the maximum load that a machine or other structure is designed to bear…
…the deduction of commission fees and expenses from mutual fund shares at the time of purchase…
…supply someone or something with (something) in overwhelming abundance or to excess…
…put someone at a disadvantage or advantage…
…(of a person) stupid or slightly mad…
…the permanent minimum load that a power supply system is required to deliver…
…an amount of cargo or number of passengers which will fill a ship or boat…
…an amount of cargo or number of passengers that will fill an aircraft…
…a number of people or a quantity of a commodity transported by train…
