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offlays

offlays is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 offlays

What is offlays the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Offlays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of offlay.

Words near offlays in the dictionary

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

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