front-load

verb

ˈfrənt-ˌlōd 

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)

Examples of front-load in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If using a front-load or top-load washer, add some white bath towels to help keep the washer from becoming off-balance. —Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 17 Feb. 2026

After the addition of the staff’s bona fide ace, Garrett Crochet, last offseason, Bello found himself in trade rumors this winter as the Red Sox continued to front-load the rotation with veterans Sonny Gray and Ranger Suárez. —Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026

That drop was always foreseen given how fan-front-loaded the movie was on its very low marketing cost. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026

Price risk is increasingly front-loaded, while cash flow normalization trends towards being back-loaded. —Bryce Erickson, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for front-load

• abode
• anode
• barcode
• bestowed
• boatload
• borrowed
• carload
• caseload
• cathode
• commode
• corrode
• crossroad