offstand
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offstand
Where it comes from
From Middle English ofstonden, from Old English ofstandan (“to remain, persist, continue; restore, make restitution”), from Proto-Germanic *afstandaną, *afstāną, equivalent to off- + stand. Cognate with Dutch afstaan (“to cede, yield, relinquish”), German abstehen (“to project, stick out, stand away”), Swedish avstå (“to refrain, desist, give up, relinquish”).
verb offstands · offstanding · offstood
- To endure against; stand or ward off; defend against; withstand; resist. Those who are involved in long enmities sacrifice continually to the hidit in order to offstand such affliction.
- To offset; compensate for; make restitution for. To offstand the dire effects of its hoarding policy, the Secretary, from March 4, 1885, began lending money to the national banks — that is he deposited it in those institutions.
noun
- Offset; restitution. […] but there is partially in a few instances where the person has two-thirds of the away-going crop, and where he has that two-thirds, generally their agreement is that they do not pay any offstand; they have it clear.
