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offload

verb/ˌɒfˈləʊd/

A2CEFR level
12/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

To transfer a task, cost, or risk to another party.

They offloaded non-core logistics to a third party and redeployed the freed-up staff.

Similar: shed, transfer

Topic: Management & organisation in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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