A standard North Atlantic Treaty Organization system in which a route and aircraft, bridge, or raft is assigned class number(s) representing the load it can carry; vehicles are also assigned class number(s) indicating the maximum class of route, bridge, or raft they are authorized to use.

One of the numbered classes in a standard system that categorizes routes, bridges, or rafts according to the load they can carry. Vehicles are also assigned class number(s) indicating the minimum class of route, bridge, or raft they are authorized to use.

(finance) A type of loan that is secured against a property and allows the owner to borrow and repay money at leisure. Periodic payments of at least accumulated interest are required, but the loan is fully open: it may be paid out in whole or in part at any time and, if there is still money available under the loan ceiling, the borrower may take more money for his or her use.

The process by which an electric utility cuts power to some customers in response to a shortage of available electricity.

The shaped cavity in a compression mold in which the substance to be molded is loaded

(construction, civil engineering) Able to support a load.

(Scotland) A loaf of bread baked in a tin or pan.

pan-loafy

(engineering) The accumulation of loads that are directed toward a particular structural member.

An oval loaf of bread with slits cut obliquely on the top.