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un⋅load

  [uhn-lohd]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from: to unload a truck; to unload a cart.
2. to remove or discharge (a load, group of people, etc.): to unload passengers.
3. to remove the charge from (a firearm).
4. to relieve of anything burdensome, oppressive, etc.: He unloaded his responsibilities.
5. to get rid of (goods, shares of stock, etc.) by sale in large quantities.
–verb (used without object)
6. to unload something.
7. Informal. to relieve one's stress by talking, confessing, or the like.
Origin:
1515–25; un- 2 + load

Related forms:
un⋅load⋅er, noun
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un·load   (ŭn-lōd')   
v.   un·load·ed, un·load·ing, un·loads

v.   tr.
    1. To remove the load or cargo from.
    2. To discharge (cargo or a load).
    3. To relieve of something burdensome or oppressive; unburden: unloaded the donkeys.
    4. To give expression to (one's troubles or feelings); pour forth.
    1. To relieve of something burdensome or oppressive; unburden: unloaded the donkeys.
    2. To give expression to (one's troubles or feelings); pour forth.
  3. To remove the charge from (a firearm).
  4. To dispose of, especially by selling in great quantity; dump.
v.   intr.
To discharge a cargo or some other burden.
un·load'er n.
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Unload

Un*load"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + load.]

1. To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast.

2. Hence, to relieve from anything onerous.

3. To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel.

4. To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun.

5. To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of. [Brokers' Cant, U. S.]

Unload

Un*load"\, v. i. To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : unload
Spanish: descargar,
German: entladen,
Japanese: 荷をおろす
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unload 
1523, in ref. to cargo, from un- (2) + load (v.). Fig. sense (in ref. to feelings, etc.) is recorded from 1593.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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unload

To sell an investment, generally at a loss.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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