offlay

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To offset. rare,transitive
    — The subcontractors themselves outsource work to others in a 'chain of subcontractors' in order further to offlay risks.

词形变化

offlays present,singular,third-person offlaying participle,present offlaid participle,past offlaid past

词源

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.
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