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