load

Last comes from the Old High German hlast . One carries or pulls a load, it is also called cargo, freight. It can also be an arduous circumstance, psychological pressure. The word is also used for utilization, whether that is for electricity and its consumers, roads and others.

Last means:

Load (unit) , medieval unit of measurement for grain and measurement quantity for ship volumes
Last (volume) , Russian unit of volume
Last (amount) , an old piece and counting measure
Last (shipping) , in sailor's language, a pantry / pantry below deck of a ship
an Anglo-American unit of measurement for wool, see Load (unit)
Load (physics), measure of the weight that acts on something, see load (physics) and load

Last stands for the following places:

Last (Beilrode) , part of the municipality of Beilrode in the district of North Saxony, Saxony
Last TG , hamlet of the local community Schweizersholz in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland
Ruin Last , castle ruins in the village of Schönenberg in the municipality of Kradolf-Schönenberg in Switzerland

Last stands for:

Payload , measure of the transport capacity
Payload (construction) , measure of the load-bearing capacity of a structure (see also wind load , snow load )
Load resistance , resistance in an electrical system
electronic load , equivalent quantity of the load resistance
Network load , indication of what percentage of the possible data transmission rate can be used
Full load and part load , operating status of a prime mover or other unit
Heating load or cooling load , heat supply or removal necessary to maintain a certain temperature
Load bank , component in electrical engineering
Encumbrance (property) , rights to property
Debit (payment transactions) , an account debit
Stress (psychology) , emotional distress
Last Hill , hills in Graham Land, Antarctica
Last Cache Nunatak , Nunatak in Ross Dependency, Antarctica

Last is the family name of the following people:

Clifford Last (1918–1991), English-Australian sculptor
Dick Last (* 1969), Swedish football player
Gertraut Last (1921–1992), German actress
Hugh Last (1894–1957), British ancient historian
James Last (1929–2015), German band leader and musician
Jay Last (* 1929), American physicist
Jef Last (1898–1972), Dutch poet and writer
Otto Last (1906–1990), German politician (SED), Deputy Minister for State Security
Peter R. Last (* 1952), Australian marine biologist
Robert Last (1921–1986), German drummer
Samuel Last (1902–1991), Austrian neurologist
Werner Last (1926–1982), called Kai Warner , German musician
Werner Last Jr. (* 1954), musician

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Wiktionary: Last - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Amsterdam load
Burden , discharge (definition of terms)