offload

The act of offloading something, or diverting it elsewhere.

Noun

The 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...
The 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...

Etymology tree English off- English load English offload From off- + load.

To unload.
- The driver of the car carrier offloaded the cars at the dealership.
Antonyms: load up

Coordinate Terms: transload transship reload
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.
Synonyms: unload palm off pawn off pass off foist fob off
To pass the ball.
To deny a person on a standby list due to lack of space.
To 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).
To use a complementary network technology to deliver data originally targeted for cellular networks.