offload

present singular third person offloads · participle present offloading · participle past offloaded · past offloaded · alternative off-load

1. transitiveTo unload.

   The driver of the car carrier offloaded the cars at the dealership.

   Synonyms: discharge · Antonyms: load up

2. transitiveTo get rid of things, work, or problems by passing them on to someone or something else.

   He offloaded the defective car onto an unsuspecting buyer.

   Synonyms: unload, palm off, pawn off, pass off, foist, fob off

3. transitiveball gamesTo pass the ball.
4. transitiveaeronauticsTo deny a person on a standby list due to lack of space.
5. transitiveaeronauticsTo change a passengers' ticket status from "checked in" to "open", allowing further changes. (This applies regardless of whether the passenger has boarded the aircraft or not).
6. communicationsTo use a complementary network technology to deliver data originally targeted for cellular networks.

plural offloads · alternative off-load

1. countableuncountableThe act of offloading something, or diverting it elsewhere.

   For environments that do not allow FTP traffic out to the Internet, the DS8870 also supports offload of data by using SSL security.

   2013, Bertrand Dufrasne, Bruno Anderson Barbosa, Peter Cronauer, IBM System Storage DS8870 Architecture and Implementation

2. countableuncountableball gamesThe act of passing the ball to a team mate when tackled.

   Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.

   2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport