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off-plan

off-plan adjective: being or relating to a property that has not yet had a structure built on it.

Adjective

off-plan (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to a property that has not yet had a structure built on it.
    • About 2m off-plan homes remain unfinished across China, according to a rough estimate by S&P. […] In 2021, about 90% of homes were sold off plan in China.2022 September 25, Martin Farrer, “A Ponzi scheme by any other name: the bursting of China’s property bubble”, in The Guardian

Adverb

off-plan (not comparable)

  1. Of a property: without yet having had a structure built on it.
    • About 2m off-plan homes remain unfinished across China, according to a rough estimate by S&P. […] In 2021, about 90% of homes were sold off plan in China.2022 September 25, Martin Farrer, “A Ponzi scheme by any other name: the bursting of China’s property bubble”, in The Guardian

Forms of off-plan

alternative formoff plan

Questions about off-plan

What does off-plan mean?
Off-plan means being or relating to a property that has not yet had a structure built on it.
What part of speech is off-plan?
Off-plan can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near off-plan in the dictionary

  1. off-peak
  2. off-piste
  3. off-pister
  4. off-pisters
  5. off-pitch
  6. off-plan
  7. off-prem
  8. off-premise
  9. off-premises
  10. off-put
  11. off-putting

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