front-loading

front-loading
/frunt"loh'ding/, adj.
1. designed to be loaded, supplied, or tended from the front: a front-loading washer; a front-loading VCR.
n.
2. the practice of expending maximum effort, collecting a fee, interest, or commissions, etc., as early as possible: the front-loading of commissions on insurance premiums.

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