The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
v. To unload (a vehicle or container).
v. Computer Science To transfer (data) to a peripheral device.
v. Slang To get rid of and pass on to another: "He does come close to offloading some of the blame for the launch on . . . the dear old media” ( Meg Greenfield).
verb-intransitive. To unload a vehicle or container.
v. to get rid of things, work, or problems by passing them on to someone or something else
n. The act of passing the ball to a team mate when tackled.
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v. transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data
v. take the load off (a container or vehicle)
Word Usage
"I didn't mean to use the word offload, hope I didn't, but the non-core assets I'm referring to are the Parkinson's program, the GERD program, and ProQuin, and as you might imagine those are very different."