OFFLOAD


Meaning of OFFLOAD in English

(~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

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