Associations to the word «Offtake»

Wiktionary

OFFTAKE, verb. (obsolete) To take off; take away.
OFFTAKE, noun. A point or channel of drainage or off-flow; offlet.
OFFTAKE, noun. (mining) The removal of oil (or an industrial chemical) from a storage facility.
OFFTAKE, noun. An act of taking off; specifically, the taking away or purchase of goods.
OFFTAKE, noun. Something taken off; a deduction.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats