# backloading

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.

## Etymology
From back + loading or backload + -ing.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/backloading