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opt-outs

opt-outs is the plural of opt-out.

Meaning of opt-out

Noun

opt-out (countable and uncountable, plural opt-outs)

  1. The act of opting out of something.
    • It [Greenpeace] also says that tax exemptions should be phased out for airlines, including the opt-outs that low-cost carriers currently have from paying VAT or fuel duty on kerosene.2023 August 9, “Network News: Network Rail under fire for spending thousands of pounds on flights”, in RAIL, number 989, page 15
  2. (UK, countable) A school or hospital that has withdrawn from local control.
  3. (countable) A regional broadcast that other stations in the network may elect not to include.
    • National television channels (descendant network) with regional or local slots or opt-outs: […]1995, Pierre Musso, Philippe Souêtre, Lionel Levasseur, The Printed Press and Television in the Regions of Europe

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Questions about opt-outs

What is opt-outs the plural of?
Opt-outs is the plural of opt-out.

Words near opt-outs in the dictionary

  1. opt
  2. opt in
  3. opt out
  4. opt-in
  5. opt-out
  6. opt-outs
  7. opt.
  8. optable
  9. optacon
  10. optacons
  11. optant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: opt-outs (page history and authors); opt-out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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