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   offload

   /ˌɒfˈləʊd/

   verb

   • 1. unload (a cargo): "a delivery could be offloaded immediately on arrival" Similar unloaddumpjettisondischargeunshipdepositempty (out)tip (out)dropget rid ofarchaic:unladerare:disburden
   • ▪ rid oneself of (something) by selling or passing it on to someone else: "a dealer offloaded 5,000 of these shares on a client" Similar dispose ofdumpjettisonget rid oftransfershiftpalm offfoistfob off
   • ▪ relieve oneself of (a problem or worry) by talking to someone else: "it would be nice to have been able to offload your worries on to someone"
   • ▪ move (data or a task) from one processor to another in order to free the first processor for other tasks: "a system designed to offload the text on to a host computer"

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • O

     1

   • F

     4

   • F

     4

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • A

     1

   • D

     2

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