peak load

noun

1. the maximum load on an electrical power-supply system Compare base load

Example Sentences

It was just before Christmas and the store was approaching the annual peak load of its year's traffic.

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All the schoolrooms are in use for something all day long, so the "peak load" is avoided and a great economy effected.

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The peak load of peril was confronted and passed, but still his speech ranged over the bait words most potent as verbal sedatives.

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