loadload1 /ləʊdloʊd/ noun [countableC]1TRANSPORTan amount of goods or people transported on a road vehicle, train, or planeRail cars are used to move the bigger loads.
load ofThe lorry returned with a load of Spanish apricots.
The plane was carrying a full load of passengers.
a lorry-load of gravel
→ see also payload 2the amount of something that a person or organization has to doThe firm’s computers are struggling to cope with the increased load.
The network has to deal with a heavy load of telephone traffic.
→ case load → debt load → work load3FINANCE an amount of money charged for managing an INVESTMENT FUNDBecause of the 5% load, only $950 of the $1,000 actually gets invested in your name.
The new fund carries a front-end load (=an amount paid when the fund is first started) of 5.5%
a no-load fund