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Definition of to offload in English English dictionary
- The act of passing the ball to a team mate when tackled
- to 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.
- transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data
- to unload
- To assume part of the processing demand from another device
- To remove data from a computer and put it on another computer or storage medium
- To move a production or logistics requirement from the primary to an alternate resource due to capacity or timing constraints Cost reporting systems segregate the variances caused by resource offloading (a substitution variance) vs the over- or under-usage of a standard resource (an efficiency variance)
- to get rid of things, work, or problems by passing them on to someone else
- If you offload something that you do not want, you get rid of it by giving it or selling it to someone else. Prices have been cut by developers anxious to offload unsold apartments Already in financial difficulties, Turner offloaded the painting on to the Getty Museum
- take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van"
- When goods are offloaded, they are removed from a container or vehicle and put somewhere else. The cargo was due to be offloaded in Singapore three days later. = unload load
- (Ticaret) To move a production or logistics requirement from the primary to an alternate resource due to capacity or timing constraints. Cost reporting systems segregate the variances caused by resource offloading (a substitution variance) vs. the over- or under-usage of a standard resource (an efficiency variance)