Real Dictionary

-load
combining form: -load combines with nouns referring to a vehicle or container to form nouns that refer to the total amount of something that the vehicle or container mentioned can hold or carry.

load
countable noun: A load is a quantity of clothes or sheets which need washing and which are washed together in a washing machine.
countable noun: A load is something, usually a large quantity or heavy object, which is being carried.
quantifier: If you refer to a load of people or things or loads of them, you are emphasizing that there are a lot of them.
verb: If you load a vehicle or a container, you put a large quantity of things into it.

load in American English
something carried or to be carried at one time or in one trip; burden; cargo
noun: anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo

load in British English
noun: something to be borne or conveyed; weight

load in Electrical Engineering 1
noun: The load of a machine, generator, or circuit is the power that it delivers.

load in Electrical Engineering 2
verb: If you load an electrical device, such as a generator, you draw power from it.

load in Electrical Engineering 3
noun: A load is a device that receives or dissipates the power from an amplifier, oscillator, generator, or some other source of signals.

load in Insurance
verb: If an insurer loads a premium, they increase it to cover expenses or an extra risk.