From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoffloadoff‧load /ˌɒfˈləʊd $ ˌɒːfˈloʊd/ verb 1 [transitive]GIVE to get rid of something that you do not want by giving it or selling it to someone elseoffload something onto somebody The dealer had offloaded some of the shares onto a willing client.2 → offload your worries/emotions/problems etc3 [transitive] to take something off a truck or ship The men offloaded their cargo.→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
offload• Some of the recommendations may be bonafide, but slipped in will be those of stocks the firm wants to offload.• Lorries by the hundred, parked for offloading.• Kouao tried to offload Anna on to a family who had done childminding for her in the past.• Farmgate prices have only increased marginally so far because at present growers are keen to offload middle to lower grade quality.• The bank are trying to offload some of their US holdings.• You should try and offload some of your duties and relax more, instead of spending all day at the office.• The main motivation in signing reprocessing contracts will simply be to offload spent nuclear fuel on to some one else.• In conjunction with this they produced a communications system designed to offload the text on to a host computer with the maximum possible reliability.• Forestry companies no longer granted tax concessions have been trying to offload their holdings.• This is the part of the port where tankers offload their oil.• It would be nice to have been able to offload your worries on to some one or something like that.offload something onto somebody• Some companies had offloaded substandard medicines onto Third World countries.From Longman Business Dictionaryoffloadoff‧load /ˌɒfˈləʊdˌɒːfˈloʊd/ verb [transitive]1to get rid of something you do not want by giving or selling it to someoneMost high street chains managed to offload last season’s stock by offering discounts of up to 50%.offload something onto somebodyA dealer offloaded 5,000 of the shares onto a client.2TRANSPORTto take goods off a truck or shipDockers were offloading the ship’s cargo.→ See Verb table 