loading

A weight placed on something else; a burden.

A substance added to something else; a filler.

An addition to an insurance premium.

The addition of inductance to a transmission line to improve its transmission characteristics.

Made so as to be loaded (in the way specified): as, a breech-loading or a muzzle-loading gun.

The act of putting on a load.

A cargo; a burden; lading; also, anything that makes part of a load.

Anything that is added to a substance or material in order to give it weight or body: as, the China clay or pearl-white used for loading note-paper.

In art, a heavy charge of opaque color. See load, transitive verb, 7.

In insurance, that part of the charge or premium on a policy which constitutes its share of the expenses of management.