OFFLOAD


Meaning of OFFLOAD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɒfloʊd, AM ɔ:f- ]

( offloads, offloading, offloaded)

1.

If you offload something that you do not want, you get rid of it by giving it or selling it to someone else. ( mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use unload )

Prices have been cut by developers anxious to offload unsold apartments...

Already in financial difficulties, Turner offloaded the painting on to the Getty Museum.

VERB : V n , V n onto n

2.

When goods are offloaded , they are removed from a container or vehicle and put somewhere else. ( mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use unload )

The cargo was due to be offloaded in Singapore three days later.

= unload

≠ load

VERB : be V-ed , also V n

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