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offlaid

offlaid is the simple past and past participle of offlay.

Meaning of offlay

Verb

offlay (third-person singular simple present offlays, present participle offlaying, simple past and past participle offlaid)

  1. (rare, transitive) To offset.
    • The subcontractors themselves outsource work to others in a 'chain of subcontractors' in order further to offlay risks.1993, Professor Scott M Lash, Professor John Urry, Economies of Signs and Space - Page 178

Questions about offlaid

What is offlaid the simple past and past participle of?
Offlaid is the simple past and past participle of offlay.

Words near offlaid in the dictionary

  1. Offington
  2. offish
  3. offishly
  4. offishness
  5. offkey
  6. offlaid
  7. offlay
  8. offlaying
  9. offlays
  10. offlead
  11. offlet

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