To relieve oneself of a burden or responsibility by transferring it to someone else. She decided to offload some of her tasks to her assistant to focus on more strategic work.
To transfer goods from a vehicle or container to another location. The workers began to offload the cargo from the ship as soon as it docked.
To sell or dispose of something, especially quickly or at a loss. He managed to offload his old car to a dealer before moving to the city.
Computing: to transfer data or processing from one system component to another, typically to improve performance or efficiency. The graphics driver can offload video decoding to the GPU to reduce CPU usage.