workload work load | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time |
case load | the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency) |
load-shedding | cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply |
card index card catalog card catalogue | an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item |
cargo lading freight load loading payload shipment consignment | goods carried by a large vehicle |
dead load | a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself |
index register | (computer science) a register used to determine the address of an operand |
live load superload | a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic |
load loading burden | weight to be borne or conveyed |
load | electrical device to which electrical power is delivered |
thumb index | one of a series of rounded notches in the fore edge of a book to indicate sections |
warhead payload load | the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents |
index index finger forefinger | the finger next to the thumb |
burden load encumbrance incumbrance onus | an onerous or difficult concern, the burden of responsibility, that's a load off my mind |
stock-index futures | a futures contract based on a stock index, a bet on the future price of the indexed group of stocks |
index | an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed |
Combined DNA Index System | the DNA file maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
index index number indicant indicator | a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts, can reveal relative changes as a function of time |
body mass index BMI | a measure of someone's weight in relation to height, to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches, overweight is a BMI greater than , obese is a BMI greater than |
business index | a statistical compilation that provides a context for economic or financial conditions, this business index is computed relative to the base year of |
Standard and Poor's Standard and Poor's Index | a broadly based stock market index |
price index price level | an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time |
retail price index | an index of changes in retail prices |
producer price index wholesale price index | an index of changes in wholesale prices |
consumer price index CPI cost-of-living index | an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer |
stock index stock market index | index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks |
crosseference cross-index | a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work |
exponent power index | a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself |
index fund | a mutual fund that invests in the stocks that are the basis of a well-known stock or bond index |
load line Plimsoll line Plimsoll mark Plimsoll | waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded |
index fossil guide fossil | a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found |
index case | the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study |
lode load | a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks |
load | the power output of a generator or power plant |
index fund | a mutual fund whose assets are stocks on a given list |
load | an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate, he got a load on and started a brawl |
load loading | a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time, the system broke down under excessive loads |
cephalic index breadth index cranial index | ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull |
facial index | the ratio (in percent) of the maximum width to the maximum height of the face |
load factor | (aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g) |
refractive index index of refraction | the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to that in a medium |
index | a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number |
load adulterate stretch f dilute debase | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance, often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones, adulterate liquor |
index | adjust through indexation, The government indexes wages and prices |
pack load down | load with a pack |
load lade laden load up | fill or place a load on, load a car, load the truck with hay |
load charge | provide (a device) with something necessary, He loaded his gun carefully, load the camera |
load | put (something) on a structure or conveyance, load the bags onto the trucks |
take a look have a look get a load | look at with attention, Have a look at this!, Get a load of this pretty woman! |
load c | transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory |