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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
countable and uncountable, plural abeyances
(law) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. quotations examples
Yet sometimes the fee may be in abeyance, that is (as the word signifies) in expectation, remembrance, and contemplation in law; there being no person in esse, in whom it can vest and abide […]
1765, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England
Note: Under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 all territorial claims are held under abeyance in the interest of international co-operation for scientific purposes.
1985 , John Bartholomew & Son Limited, “Antarctica”, in The Times Atlas of the World, 7th comprehensive edition, Times Books Limited, plate 123
Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. quotations examples
Without a plausible explanation for what might have provoked an ice age, the whole theory fell into abeyance.
2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, page 376
[...] Prosser was instrumental in the decision in 2010 to recommence publication of an annual health and safety report, following a period when it had fallen into abeyance.
2020 July 29, Ian Prosser discusses with Paul Stephen, “Rail needs robust and strategic plans”, in Rail, page 40
The palace had previously that the duke’s military appointments were in abeyance after he stepped down from public duties in 2019.
2022 January 13, Ben Quinn, “Queen strips Prince Andrew of military roles and royal patronages”, in The Guardian
Expectancy of a noble or armigeral title, its right in existence but its exercise suspended. examples