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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
upper case, lower case a, plural As or A's
The first letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script. quotations examples
Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]
1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 3, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg
upper case, lower case a
The ordinal number first, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script. examples
A rank, normally the highest rank, on any of various scales that assign letters. examples
(education) The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses). examples
(music) A tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the first note of the minor scale of A minor; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz; the printed or written note A; the scale with A as its keynote. examples
(medicine) A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type B antigen in their blood. People with this blood type may receive blood from type A or type O but cannot receive blood from AB or B. examples
(chemistry) Mass number. examples
(logic) A universal affirmative suggestion. examples
(historical) Abbreviation of adulterer, adulteress, used as a human brand. quotations
Hester Prynne, the historical character in The Scarlet Letter, was exposed and convicted by neighborhood gossip. [...] Gossip continues to brand some young ladies in small towns with this symbolic letter, but in our larger cities one rarely sees young ladies branded with an "A".
1966 July 30, Ralph McGill, “Today's students aim for humanistic values”, in Latrobe Bulletin, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, page 6
Allele dominant. examples
(chiefly US) Alternative spelling of A.M. (“ante meridiem”) or AM examples
Ace. (including in card games) examples
Acre. examples
Adult; as used in film rating. examples
Ammeter. examples
(physics) Angstrom. examples
Answer. examples
(sports) An assist. examples
(sexuality) Asexual.
(UK, London) Arsehole. examples
(weaponry) Atom. examples
(weaponry) Atom; atomic. examples