offtake
noun
1
: the act of taking off: such as
a
: the taking off or purchase of goods
b
: the amount of goods purchased during a given period
2
: a channel or passage for taking or leading off (as a liquid or gas)
offtake of a distilling flask
Word History
Etymology
off entry 3 + take (after take off, verb)
- matelasses
- matelassé
- mateless
- mateley
- matelot
- matelote
- matelotes
- matelots
- mater
- mater dolorosa
- mater lectionis
- materfamilias
- materfamiliases
- materia medica
- materia prima
- material
- material cause
- material culture
- material fallacy
- material implication
- material logic
- material matter
- material mode
- materialisation
- materialisations