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plural loaders
Agent noun of load; a person or device that loads. quotations examples
A loader performs the important work of storing goods in the wagons and of unloading the wagons. In each case considerable skill is required to avoid breakage, and, in the case of loading, skill goes far to conserve wagon space.
1944 March and April, T. F. Cameron, “The Working of Marshalling Yards and Goods Sheds”, in Railway Magazine, page 85
The loader […] placed the cartridge in the muzzle and shoved it in as far as he could. The rammer rammed it home, the gun captain inserting his priming wire to make sure.
2014, Benerson Little, The Sea Rover's Practice
(computing) A program that prepares other programs for execution. examples
A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, wheel loader, etc. examples
(marketing) An incentive given to a dealer. quotations examples
Unique point-of-purchase materials and display loaders dramatically contribute to the display's attention-getting ability.
1990, Robert B. Konikow, Sales Promotion Design, page 197
Marketers use dealer loaders to obtain new distributors and push larger quantities of goods.
1995, William M. Pride, O. C. Ferrell, Marketing: Concepts and Strategies, page 591
Dealer (or buying) loaders are gifts offered to resellers for stocking products. Many companies specialize in providing premium and gift items, and publish catalogues from which you can select appropriate items.
2001, Stuart Clark Rogers, Marketing Strategies, Tactics, and Techniques, page 172
(mathematics) The equal sign. It asserts that two quantities or expressions have the same value.
(mathematics, computing theory, abuse of notation, with big O notation) Is. Used to state the relation that the growth rate of the expression on the left side of the sign is bounded or limited by that of the expression on the right. examples
(chemistry) A double bond; a chemical bond between two chemical elements involving four bonding electrons instead of the usual two. examples
(programming) The assignment operator. It assigns a value to a variable. examples
(programming) An operator that compares if two values are equal. In some languages, == is used instead. examples
(lexicography) The same form as the headword. examples
(lexicography) Indicates synonyms of a word. examples
(Hittitology) Indicates morpheme boundaries in bound transcription of Hittite terms with clitics.
(Chinese bronze script) A ditto mark. examples
(informal) The same as; equal to. examples