offlay
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offlay
Where it comes from
From off- + lay. Possibly from Middle English oflæien (“to offlay; delay”), from Old English ofleċġan (“to lay down; put away; overlay; cover”), from Proto-Germanic *abalagjaną. Compare also Dutch afleggen, German ablegen.
verb offlays · offlaying · offlaid
- To offset. The subcontractors themselves outsource work to others in a 'chain of subcontractors' in order further to offlay risks.
