| BAKEOFF | • bakeoff n. Alternative spelling of bake-off. • bake-off n. A cooking contest, especially one where competition is head-to-head, not limited to preparing food involving baking. • bake-off adj. (Of bread) Prepared in advance, to be finished off by baking. |
| DIEOFF | • dieoff n. Alternative form of die-off. • die-off n. (Chiefly biology) An incident or episode in which a particular species or organism dies off, especially… • die␣off v. To suffer a series of deaths; to die one by one; to progressively become extinct. (If a group of plants… |
| ENFEOFF | • enfeoff v. (Transitive, chiefly law, historical) To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person)… • enfeoff v. (Transitive, figuratively) To give up completely; to surrender, to yield. • ENFEOFF v. to invest with a feudal property, also INFEOFF. |
| FACEOFF | • faceoff n. (Ice hockey) The method used to begin play in ice hockey. • face-off n. A confrontation or argument between two people or groups. • face-off n. (Ice hockey) The start of play, when two players try to get control of the puck dropped by the referee. |
| FEOFF | • feoff n. (Law) A fief. • feoff v. (Law) To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff. • FEOFF v. to grant a feudal estate to. |
| INFEOFF | • infeoff v. Alternative form of enfeoff. • INFEOFF v. to invest with a feudal property, also ENFEOFF. |
| RAKEOFF | • rakeoff n. Alternative form of rake-off. • rake-off n. A percentage of an amount of money taken by a third-party as a bribe, as part of an unlawful enterprise… • rake␣off v. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rake off. |
| TAKEOFF | • takeoff n. The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight. • takeoff n. A parody or lampoon of someone or something. • takeoff n. A quantification, especially of building materials. |
| TRADEOFF | • tradeoff n. An advantage or improvement that necessitates the corresponding loss or degradation of something else. • trade-off n. Any situation in which the quality or quantity of one thing must be decreased for another to be increased. • TRADEOFF n. a giving up of one thing in return for another. |
| WAVEOFF | • waveoff n. An order to a pilot to abort a landing and go around for another attempt. • wave␣off v. (Transitive) To say goodbye to someone with a wave (hand gesture). • wave␣off v. (Basketball) Of a referee, to disallow a field goal with the aforementioned hand gesture. |
| WRITEOFF | • writeoff n. Alternative spelling of write-off. • write-off n. (Accounting) The cancellation of an item; the amount cancelled or lost. • write-off n. Something that is now worthless (such as a car after an accident). |