offload

3 definitions • 4 examples

to get rid of something that you do not want by giving it to someone else:

I managed to offload some of our old furniture onto a friend who just bought a house.

to manage to sell or give something that you do not want to someone else:

It's difficult to offload a property that has faults.

to take goods off a vehicle:

offload sth from/onto sth It has taken them a long time to offload the stock from the boats.

offload sth onto sth Ships offload cargo onto smaller boats for delivery to the sites.