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load (sth) up with sth

Phrasal Verb with load
 
 
/ləʊd/ verb

Definition

FINANCE to get a lot of money, assets, or debt, or to make someone else get them: Private-equity buyouts aim to load companies up with lots of debt. A small independent broker has been telling clients to load up with stock as good dividends are predicted.
to put a large amount of goods, materials, etc. onto a vehicle to transport them: Fleets of small ships were loading up with oil in the Gulf.
(Definition of load (sth) up with sth from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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