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offlaying

offlaying is the present participle and gerund 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 offlaying

What is offlaying the present participle and gerund of?
Offlaying is the present participle and gerund of offlay.

Words near offlaying in the dictionary

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

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