offloading
Removing cargo elsewhere
Offloading is the present participle of offload—to transfer a burden, cargo, or responsibility elsewhere.
Workers offload freight from ships and trucks.
People offload unwanted possessions at garage sales.
Companies offload tasks to contractors.
The word implies getting rid of something, often to someone else's disadvantage: He's always offloading his problems onto me.
Third-party task delegation
- subcontractingHiring others for portions
- delegatingTransferring authority to another
- taskingAllocating work to someone
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
entrusting · deputizing · handoff · redistribution · allocation · commissioning · devolution · workload
Move between locations
- syncCoordinate timing or data
- cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- migrationMovement to new territory
streaming · bandwidth · data · server · caching · storage · processing · rendering
Making lighter in weight/shade
- easingReducing strain or difficulty
- alleviationReduction of intensity
- reducingMaking less or smaller
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
stress · pressure · weight · responsibility · workload · strain · redistribution
Goods being transported
- shipmentGoods being transported
- unloadingRemoving contents from carrier
- containersObjects for holding things
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
crane · pallets · warehouse · forklift · stevedore · longshoreman · port · manifest
Relieving oneself of weight
- ventingReleasing emotion verbally
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- releaseTo let go
sharing · therapy · processing · disclosure · decompressing
outsourcing
Third-party task delegation
- subcontractingHiring others for portions
- delegatingTransferring authority to another
- taskingAllocating work to someone
assignment · entrusting · deputizing · handoff · redistribution · allocation · commissioning · devolution · workload · empowerment
transfer
Move between locations
migration · streaming · bandwidth · data · server · caching · storage · processing · rendering · compression
lightening
Making lighter in weight/shade
- easingReducing strain or difficulty
- alleviationReduction of intensity
- reducingMaking less or smaller
burden · stress · pressure · weight · responsibility · workload · strain · redistribution
freight
Goods being transported
- shipmentGoods being transported
- unloadingRemoving contents from carrier
- containersObjects for holding things
dock · crane · pallets · warehouse · forklift · stevedore · longshoreman · port · manifest · consignment
unburdening
Relieving oneself of weight
- ventingReleasing emotion verbally
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
release · sharing · therapy · processing · disclosure · decompressing
effluent
Discharged liquid waste
- wastewaterContaminated drainage from buildings
- emissionDischarged substance or act
- drainageLiquid removal system
outflow · dumping · disposal · spillage · runoff · purge · release · sewage · excretion · expulsion
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
- getting rid ofdisposal, dump, shed, jettison, discard
- transfertransfer, transferring, transference, transmittal, transmitting
- unloading cargoemptying, unpacking, unpack, discharge, cargo
- delegationdelegating, assigning, entrusting, tasking, handing off
- letting goletting go, forgive, giving up, let go, relinquishing
offloadingloading
Adding weight or cargo
onloading · taking on · receiving · importing · picking up
load, unload, overload, download, loading, upload, laden, loader, lode