caseload

caseload
n.

1) to carry a caseload

2) to increase; reduce smb.'s caseload

3) a heavy; light caseload (the social worker carries a heavy caseload)

* * *
reduce smb. 's caseload
light caseload (the social worker carries a heavy caseload)
a heavy
to carry a caseload
to increase

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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