Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To take off; take away, remove.

  2. (transitive)To take out or remove commodities from a market, usually through purchasing them.

Origin

From Middle English oftaken, equivalent to off- + take.

From Middle English oftaken, equivalent to off- + take.

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Forms

offtakes, offtaking, offtook, offtaken

irregular · Lesson

Base formofftake · to offtake
3rd person singularofftakes
Present participleofftaking
Past simpleofftook
Past participleofftaken

Tenses

offtake · offtook · will offtake · have offtaken

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyofftake
he, she, itofftakes

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave offtaken
he, she, ithas offtaken

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill offtake

Past simpleLesson

all personsofftook

Word family

1 related words
Derivedofftaker

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
offshoreB2offsideoffspringC1oftoftenA1oftentimes

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