backloaded
/ˈbækˌloʊdɪd/
adjective
- Having most of the weight, cost, or effort concentrated at a later stage.
- A backloaded schedule can cause stress if too many deadlines come at once.
- The contract is backloaded, with large payments due only at the end.
- The project's backloaded budget meant we had to spend carefully early on.
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verb
- Past tense of backload: loaded or assigned something to a later time or stage.
- The company backloaded the shipping costs to the last quarter.
- We backloaded the truck with extra supplies for the return trip.
- They backloaded the hardest assignments to the final week of class.