Occurring once; one-time.
Etymology:
- Probably from foundry work, for which making reusable molds is expensive and expediency the rule for molds not to be used only once.
- A term long used by artists who are printmakers and sculptors to indicate a unique print or casting. If using traditional edition numbering, a one-off would be a "1/1", which is said, "one of one" meaning the first print in an edition of one.
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The government insisted that the embarrassing loss of the tax records was a one-off event.
Submitted on September 01, 2009
Additional definitions for 'one-off':
| one-off | Occurring once, one-time, independent of any pattern. |
| one-off | Singular; unique; special; remarkable. |
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