A weighting or bias.
The process by which something is loaded.
A load, especially in the engineering and electrical engineering senses of force exerted, or electrical current or power supplied.
A hourly pay rate given to a casual employee which is higher than the equivalent full-time or part-time employee's rate, usually paid to compensate for a lack of benefits such as sick leave or annual leave.
To discharge weapons in a salvo.
A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
The combined cheers of a crowd.