offload
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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to unload.
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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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Etymology
Origin of offload
First recorded in 1840–50; off ( def. ) + load ( def. )
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Unilever spun off its business into Magnum Ice Cream, while Nestle said in February would offload the rest of its ice-cream unit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
“He needed money,” Drake said of the then-owner, a steakhouse-chain restaurateur who was looking to offload the home, asking $27 million.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
But Australia struck in the sixth minute through lock Olivia Kernick following prop Makenzie Weale's terrific offload out the back, and the Jillaroos then clicked into gear.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
The NFL gets what it wants, or it will offload your package to the nerds at Netflix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
At eighteen hundred feet in the air, the large aircraft began to cruise and prepare to offload its twenty aspirants.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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