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offload (offloads, offloading, offloaded) 1. If you offload 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 offload unsold apartments... Already in financial difficulties, Turner offloaded the painting on to the Getty Museum. : , onto 2. When goods are offloaded, 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 offloaded in Singapore three days later. = unload ≠ load : be , also
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