offload

or off-load

[ awf-lohd, of- ]

/ ˈɔfˌloʊd, ˈɒf- /

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verb (used with or without object)

to unload.

Digital Technology. to transfer (data) from a computer or other digital device to another digital device: Fill the camera's memory card, then offload your photos to your PC.

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Origin of offload

First recorded in 1840–50; off + load

OTHER WORDS FROM offload

offloader, noun

Words nearby offload

offlap, off-licence, off-license, off-limits, offline, offload, off-message, off-mike, off of, off off Broadway, off one's chest, get

How to use offload in a sentence

This new rich result snippet feature may help you sell items that you are looking to offload.
Google adds price drop appearance rich results to search results|Barry Schwartz|January 25, 2021|Search Engine Land
In 2020, Uber offloaded shared scooter and bike unit Jump in a complex deal with Lime, sold a stake worth $500 million in its logistics spin off Uber Freight and rid itself of its autonomous vehicle unit Uber ATG and its air taxi play Uber Elevate.
Uber planning to spin out Postmates’ delivery robot arm|Kirsten Korosec|January 15, 2021|TechCrunch
We have ambulances trapped, queued up outside hospitals for six, eight, ten hours at a time because they can’t physically offload their patient and actually get them into hospital at the moment.
'It's Unimaginably Bad.' How Government Failures and the New COVID-19 Variant Are Pushing the U.K.'s Health System Into Crisis|Suyin Haynes|January 13, 2021|Time
You can also consider offloading stand-alone script files as well.
Core Web Vitals report: 28 Ways to supercharge your site|James Parsons|January 13, 2021|Search Engine Watch

As soon as Facebook bought the company, it offloaded Instagram’s user data onto Facebook’s custom servers.
Regulators want to break up Facebook. That’s a technical nightmare, insiders say.|Elizabeth Dwoskin|December 11, 2020|Washington Post
One of the things I love to do is offload a bunch of tasks to my VAs around 9PM each night.
Just Don’t Do It: Why You Should Outsource More of Your Life|Ari Meisel|February 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for offload

off-load

verb

(tr) to get rid of (something unpleasant or burdensome), as by delegation to another

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