(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ 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 ~ unsold apartments...
Already in financial difficulties, Turner ~ed the painting on to the Getty Museum.
VERB: V n, V n onto n
2.
When goods are ~ed, 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 ~ed in Singapore three days later.
= unload
? load
VERB: be V-ed, also V n