peak load
noun
the maximum load on an electrical power-supply system: Compare base load
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How to use peak load in a sentence
It was just before Christmas and the store was approaching the annual peak load of its year's traffic.
The Romance of a Great Store | Edward HungerfordAll the schoolrooms are in use for something all day long, so the "peak load" is avoided and a great economy effected.
Six Major Prophets | Edwin Emery SlossonThe peak load of peril was confronted and passed, but still his speech ranged over the bait words most potent as verbal sedatives.
Lady Luck | Hugh Wiley
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