offlay

offlay · verb — to offset.

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Etymology

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

To offset.e.g.“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:

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